Fourier Series in Control Theory (Springer Monographs in Mathematics)

Springer Monographs in Mathematics

Vilmos Komornik

Paola Loreti

Fourier Series in Control Theory

Vilmos Komornik Institut de Recherche Mathe´matique Avance´e Universite´ Louis Pasteur et CNRS 7, rue Rene´-Descartes 67084 Strasbourg Cedex France

Paola Loreti Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli Matematici per le Scienze Applicate Universita´ degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” Via A. Scarpa, 16 00161 Roma Italy

Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 49-xx, 93-xx Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Komornik, V. Fourier series in control theory / Vilmos Komornik and Paola Loreti. p. cm. — (Springer monographs in mathematics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-387-22383-5 (alk. paper) 1. Control theory. 2. Fourier series. I. Loreti, Paola. II. Title. III. Series. QA402.3.K5785 2004 003′.5—dc22 2004056525 ISBN 0-387-22383-5

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Preface

Before showing the Table of contents of this book, we would like briefly to explain our motivation to the subject. In the mid-eighties, J.-L. Lions contributed to the multiplier method by proving powerful and elegant theorems on observability, controllability, and uniform stabilization. His 1988 survey article and monograph also stimulated intensive research activity in the field. The multiplier method led to great success, but several problems remained unsolved. Starting research on them, we came up with another efficient way to deal with those issues: using a former approach based on harmonic analysis. Indeed, following the influential survey paper of D.L. Russell (1978), many authors had emphasized a classical result of A.E. Ingham (1936) for its simplicity and depth that had proven to be extremely useful in control theory. In this book, our purpose is to unify, as much as possible, the so-called harmonic (or nonharmonic) analysis method. It is also to make the subject as simple as possible. We start by solving elementary “ad hoc” controllability problems; then we extend the results and the proofs to a general framework. The book contains almost all proofs of the theorems, and only little knowledge of functional analysis is required. Many results presented here are new and still unpublished, while many known results have been rewritten for the purpose of simplification. The last part of this book is devoted to the exposition and the derivation of some joint results with C. Baiocchi. We would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his precious contribution to our work. We are also grateful to all our students and colleagues for their encouragement as well as for their interest through very useful discussions and comments. Finally, we wish to thank the editorial staff at Springer-Verlag, New York, for their help and support. Rome and Strasbourg, August 2003

Contents

1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

2

Observation, Control, and Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 Well-Posedness of Linear Evolutionary Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Wave Equation with Homogeneous Dirichlet Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.2 A Petrovsky System with Hinged Boundary Conditions 2.2 Weak Solutions of Dual Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Wave Equation with Inhomogeneous Dirichlet Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.2 A Petrovsky System with Inhomogeneous Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Observability and Controllability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.1 Wave Equation with Dirichlet Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3.2 A Petrovsky System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Observability and Stabilizability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.1 Wave Equation with Dirichlet Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.2 A Petrovsky System with Hinged Boundary Conditions 2.5 Partial Observation, Control, and Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Well-Posedness in a Riesz Basis Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 An Abstract Existence Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Wave Equation with Dirichlet Boundary Condition . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Wave Equation with Neumann Boundary Condition . . . . . . . . . 3.4 Wave Equation with Mixed Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 A Petrovsky System with Hinged Boundary Conditions . . . . . . 3.6 A Petrovsky System with Guided Boundary Conditions . . . . . . 3.7 A Petrovsky System with Mixed Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . 3.8 A Coupled System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Observability of Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Strings with Free Endpoints I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Proof of Ingham’s Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Strings with Free Endpoints II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Proof of Haraux’s Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 Strings with Fixed Endpoints or with Mixed Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5.1 String with Fixed Endpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5.2 String with Mixed Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 Observation at Both Ends: Free or Fixed Endpoints . . . . . . . . . 4.6.1 Free Endpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6.2 Fixed Endpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 Observation at Both Endpoints: Mixed Boundary Conditions .

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Observability of Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Guided Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Hinged Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Mixed Boundary Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

83 83 85 87

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Vector Sum Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 6.1 An Ingham-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions . . . . . . 89 6.2 An Haraux-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions . . . . . . 92 6.3 Observation of a String at Both Endpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 6.4 Observation of a Coupled String–Beam System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 6.5 Observation of a Coupled System: A General Result . . . . . . . . . 107 6.6 * Proof of Proposition 6.9 by the Multiplier Method . . . . . . . . . 114 6.7 * Proof of Proposition 6.10 by the Multiplier Method . . . . . . . . 118

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Problems on Spherical Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 7.1 Observability of the Wave Equation in a Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 7.2 The Eigenfunctions of the Laplacian Operator in Balls . . . . . . . 129 7.3 Zeros of Bessel-type Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 7.4 Proof of Proposition 7.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 7.5 Observability of a Petrovsky System in a Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 7.6 Spherical Membranes and Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 7.7 Another Spherical Membrane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 7.8 A Variant of Ingham’s Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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Multidimensional Ingham-Type Theorems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 8.1 On a Theorem of Kahane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 8.2 On the Optimality of Theorem 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 8.3 A Variant of Haraux’s Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 8.4 A Weakening of Ingham’s Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 8.5 Internal Observability of Petrovsky Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

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A General Ingham-Type Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 9.1 Generalization of a Theorem of Beurling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 9.2 Chains of Close Exponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 9.3 Proof of the Direct Part of Theorem 9.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 9.4 Biorthogonal Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 9.5 Proof of the Inverse Part of Theorem 9.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 9.6 Singular Points of Dirichlet Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

10 Problems with Weakened Gap Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 10.1 Simultaneous Observability of a System of Strings . . . . . . . . . . . 199 10.2 The Hausdorff Dimension of the Set of Exceptional Parameters 204 10.3 Simultaneous Observability of a System of Beams . . . . . . . . . . . 207 10.4 Observability of Spherical Shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

1 Introduction

Consider the small transversal vibrations of a string with two free endpoints. Denoting by u(t, x) the transversal displacement at time t of the point of abscissa x, it is well known that a suitable linear model is given by the following system: ⎧ in R × (0,
), utt − uxx = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u (t, 0) = u (t,
) = 0 for t ∈ R, x x (1.1) ⎪u(0, x) = u0 (x) for x ∈ (0,
), ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ for x ∈ (0,
). ut (0, x) = u1 (x) Here
denotes the length of the string, u0 and u1 denote the initial data, and the subscripts t and x stand for time and spatial derivations, respectively. See Figure 1.1 for a possible position of the string. Assume that we can observe the oscillations of the left endpoint of the string only during some interval of time 0 ≤ t ≤ T . Can we identify the unknown initial data? In other words, is the linear map (u0 , u1 ) → u(·, 0)|(0,T )

(1.2)

one-to-one in suitable “natural” function spaces? And what can we say about the continuity of this map and of its inverse (if it exists)? The problem can be solved easily by using Fourier series. Indeed, choose
= π for simplicity of the formulae and introduce the Hilbert spaces  π   π 1/2  2 v(x) dx = 0 , vH := |v(x)|2 dx , H := v ∈ L (0, π) : 0

0

and   1 V := v ∈ H (0, π) :

0

π

 v(x) dx = 0 ,

vV :=

 0

π

1/2 |v
(x)|2 dx .

Introducing the initial energy of the solution of (1.1) by the formula

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4

2

0.5

1

x 1.5

2

2.5

3

0

–2

–4

–6

–8

Fig. 1.1. A possible position

 1

u0 2V + u1 2H , 2

E0 :=

we have the following proposition: Proposition 1.1. If T ≥ 2π, then the map (1.2) is one-to-one from V × H into H 1 (0, T ). Moreover, there exist two constants c1 , c2 > 0 such that the solutions of (1.1) satisfy the estimates  c0 E0 ≤

T

0

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt ≤ c2 E0

for all (u0 , u1 ) ∈ V × H. Proof. Since the functions cos kx,

k = 1, 2, . . . ,

form an orthogonal basis in both H and V , the solution of (1.1) is given by the series ∞ u(t, x) = (ak cos kt + bk sin kt) cos kx k=1

with suitable real coefficients ak and bk , depending on the initial data. Using the orthogonality of the basis functions, we have the equalities

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u1 2H =



π

0

3

|ut (0, x)|2 dx

 π ∞

2

kbk cos kx dx =

0

= =

k=1

∞

k 2 b2k

k=1 ∞

π 2



π

cos2 kx dx

0

k 2 b2k .

k=1

Similarly, using the orthogonality of the functions sin kx,

k = 1, 2, . . . ,

we obtain that u0 2V =



π

0

|ux (0, x)|2 dx

 π ∞

2

−kak sin kx dx =

0

= =

k=1

∞

k 2 a2k

k=1 ∞

π 2

Hence



π

sin2 kx dx

0

k 2 a2k .

k=1 ∞ π 2 2 k (ak + b2k ). 4

E0 =

k=1

Furthermore, for any positive integer M , the functions cos kt and

sin kt,

k = 1, 2, . . . ,

also form an orthogonal system in L2 (0, 2M π), so that  0

2Mπ

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt = =



∞ 2Mπ



0 ∞

k2

k=1 2Mπ



0

k=1

= Mπ

2

k(−ak sin kt + bk cos kt) dt

∞ k=1

ak 2 sin2 kt + bk 2 cos2 kt dt

k 2 (a2k + b2k ),

(1.3)

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i.e.,



2Mπ

0

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt = M π

∞

k 2 (a2k + b2k ).

(1.4)

k=1

We deduce from (1.3) and (1.4) the identity 

2Mπ

0

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt = 4M E0 .

Denoting by M the integer part of T /2π, so that 2M π ≤ T < 2(M + 1)π, and using the nonnegativity of the function under the integral sign, it follows that  4M E0 ≤

0

T

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt ≤ 4(M + 1)E0 .

Several remarks are in order: • • • • •

•

•

By analyzing the above proof, one can show that the hypothesis T ≥ 2π is optimal. The above method can be easily adapted to other boundary conditions. The method can also be adapted (after some algebraic manipulations) to cases in which we observe both endpoints. We can also apply this approach to vibrating circular or spherical membranes, and to vibrating bodies occupying a ball in their rest position. Proposition 1.1 can also be established in at least two other elementary ways: by applying either d’Alembert’s formula or the multiplier method. It would be interesting to compare the relative advantages and drawbacks of the three methods. It would be more natural to consider initial data in the larger and more natural spaces H 1 (0, π) and L2 (0, π) instead of V and H. However, this leads to some difficulties: observe that the constant functions solve (1.1), but they do not satisfy the first inequality in the proposition. Slight changes in the state equation, such as the addition of lower-order terms, also lead to serious technical difficulties. For example by replacing the original state equation by utt − uxx + u = 0 in

R × (0, π),

the solutions of the modified system are given by the series u(t, x) =

∞

(ak cos ωk t + bk sin ωk t) cos kx

k=1

with ωk = Now the functions

 k 2 + 1.

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cos ωk t

and

sin ωk t,

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k = 1, 2, . . . ,

are no longer orthogonal in any interval (0, T ), so that the integrals 

T 0

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt

cannot be evaluated by a simple application of Parseval’s equality. The above approach can also be adapted to the study of vibrating beams. As an illustration, consider the following linear model: ⎧ utt + uxxxx = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u (t, 0) = u (t, 0) = u (t, π) = u (t, π) = 0 x xxx x xxx ⎪ (x) u(0, x) = u 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ ut (0, x) = u1 (x)

in for for for

R × (0, π), t ∈ R, x ∈ (0, π), x ∈ (0, π).

(1.5)

Now introducing the Hilbert spaces 



2

H := v ∈ L (0, π) : and



π

v(x) dx = 0 0

  V := v ∈ H 2 (0, π) : v
(0) = v
(π) =



π

v(x) dx = 0

0

with the norms  π 1/2 |v(x)|2 dx vH := 0

and vV :=

 0

π

1/2 |v

(x)|2 dx ,

and the initial energy of the solution of (1.5) by the formula  1

u0 2V + u1 2H , 2

E0 := we have the following result:

Proposition 1.2. If T ≥ 2π, then the map (u0 , u1 ) → u(·, 0)|(0,T ) is one-to-one from V × H into H 1 (0, T ). Moreover, there exist two constants c1 , c2 > 0 such that the solutions of (1.5) satisfy the estimates  c1 E0 ≤ for all (u0 , u1 ) ∈ V × H.

0

T

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt ≤ c2 E0

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Proof. The solution of (1.5) is given by the series u(t, x) =

∞

(ak cos k 2 t + bk sin k 2 t) cos kx

k=1

with suitable real coefficients ak and bk , depending on the initial data. Adapting the computations of the preceding proof, we obtain easily the equalities ∞ ∞ π 4 2 π 4 2 k bk , u0 2V = k ak , u1 2H = 2 2 k=1

and



2Mπ

0

It follows that

k=1

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt = M π

∞

k 2 (ak 2 + bk 2 ).

k=1



2Mπ

0

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt = 4M E0

for every positive integer M , and we conclude that  4M E0 ≤

T 0

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt ≤ 4(M + 1)E0

if M denotes the integer part of T /2π. Again, several remarks can be made: • • • • •

As we will see later, this time the hypothesis T ≥ 2π is not optimal. The method can again be adapted to other boundary conditions. We can also apply this approach to vibrating circular or spherical plates. Proposition 1.2 can also be established by applying the multiplier method. We shall discuss later the relative advantages and drawbacks of these two methods. It would be more natural to consider initial data in larger spaces instead of V and H, by removing the conditions  π  π u0 (x) dx = u1 (x) dx = 0. 0

•

0

However, this leads to interesting technical difficulties. The presence of lower-order terms in the state equation leads again to serious technical difficulties.

The purpose of this book is to address the above remarks by generalizing the above simple approach based on Parseval’s equality. Relatively simple tools will already enable us to obtain much more general and precise results. Further generalizations will allow us to solve various controllability problems

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concerning vibrating strings, beams, membranes, plates, shells, or systems of them. For many models studied in this volume, the otherwise very powerful multiplier method1 does not seem to apply. The applications of the methods developed here are not limited to control theory. As an example, we shall give a new simple proof of a celebrated generalization of Bernstein of P´ olya’s theorem on the singularities of Dirichlet series. We assume that the reader is familiar with the basic results on linear partial differential equations, and with the simplest Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces such as L2 (Ω), and the dual space

H 1 (Ω),

H 2 (Ω),

H01 (Ω),

H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω),

H −1 (Ω) := (H01 (Ω))
,

where Ω is a nonempty bounded open domain of RN having a sufficiently smooth boundary Γ as exposed, e.g., in [31] and [98]. For the convenience of the reader, we give a short review of some parts of linear control theory in Chapter 2. In particular, we present briefly the main ideas of the Hilbert Uniqueness Method of Lions, which reduces many problems of controllability to the observability of dual systems, and of an analogous method developed recently, which does the same for stabilizability problems. This enables us to concentrate on the observability problems in the rest of the book: using the general theory, the reader can readily deduce from them the corresponding controllability and stabilization results.

1

We refer to [96], [97], or [67] for an introduction to the multiplier method. See also Sections 6.6 and 6.7 of this book, pp. 114 and 118.

2 Observation, Control, and Stabilization

The aim of this chapter is to review some general results of control theory concerning the relations among the three fundamental concepts in the title. Since in this book we consider only evolutionary problems with time-reversible dynamics, we restrict ourselves to this framework. We present briefly the duality between the notions of observability and controllability, which lies at the basis of the celebrated Hilbert uniqueness method of J.-L. Lions. Then we also explain the main ideas of an analogous method developed more recently in the framework of distributed parameter systems, which reduces many problems of stabilization to problems of observability. These two main principles allow us to concentrate in the rest of the book exclusively on questions of observability. Since the results of this chapter will not be used in the sequel, some proofs are omitted. The interested reader may find them in the works [96], [97] of Lions or in the textbook [67] (concerning controllability) and in the papers [70] and [100] (concerning stabilizability).

2.1 Well-Posedness of Linear Evolutionary Equations We are going to investigate the well-posedness of the problem1 U
= AU,

U (0) = U0 ,

(2.1)

in a complex Hilbert space H, where A is a (bounded or unbounded) linear operator defined on some linear subspace of H, with values in H. Let us make the following asumption2 : 1

We shall often use the notation U
for the time derivative dU/dt. We use semigroups only in this chapter, but the results presented here will not be used in the sequel. The rest of the book can be read without any knowledge of the theory of semigroups. 2

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(H1) The operator A generates a strongly continuous group of automorphisms etA in H. Examples. • •

If H is finite-dimensional, then every linear operator in H satisfies hypothesis (H1). Hypothesis (H1) is also satisfied if A is a skew-adjoint3 operator having a compact resolvent.

Under the assumption (H1) the problem (2.1) is well-posed in the following sense: Theorem 2.1. Assume (H1). Given U0 ∈ H arbitrarily, the problem (2.1) has a unique continuous solution U : R → H, satisfying the estimate U (t) ≤ M eα|t| U0  with suitable constants M ≥ 1 and α ≥ 0, independent of the particular choice of the initial data U0 ∈ H. If U0 ∈ D(A), then the solution is also continuously differentiable. If A is skew-adjoint, then we even have U (t) = U0  for all t ∈ R. Proof. See any textbook on semigroup theory, e.g., Pazy [112]. Remark. Let us also recall that more generally, the inhomogeneous problem U
= AU + F,

U (0) = U0 ,

also has a unique continuous solution U : R → H for any given U0 ∈ H and a locally integrable function F : R → H, given by the formula of variation of constants:  t tA e(t−s)A F (s) ds, t ∈ R. U (t) = e U0 + 0

Furthermore, if U0 ∈ D(A) and F : R → H is continuously differentiable, then the solution is also continuously differentiable; see Pazy [112], Corollary 2.5, p. 107. Let us give two important examples. 2.1.1 Wave Equation with Homogeneous Dirichlet Boundary Conditions Consider the problem 3

We recall that an operator A is skew-adjoint if iA is autoadjoint.

2.1 Well-Posedness of Linear Evolutionary Equations

⎧

⎪ ⎨u − ∆u = 0 u=0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

11

(2.2)

where Ω is a nonempty bounded open set in RN with boundary Γ . In order to simplify the exposition we usually assume that Ω is of class C ∞ . Here and in the sequel, we use the notation u
:=

∂u , ∂t

u

:=

∂2u , ∂t2

and ∆u :=

N ∂2u j=1

∂x2j

for the time derivatives and for the Laplacian of u. The energy of the solution is defined by  1 E(t) := |∇u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R. 2 Ω Proposition 2.2. If u0 ∈ H01 (Ω)

u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

and

then (2.2) has a unique solution satisfying u ∈ C(R; H01 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)). Moreover, the energy of the solution is conserved: E(t) = E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proof. We rewrite the problem (2.2) in the form (2.1) by setting U := (u, u
),

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

and A(u, v) := (v, ∆u).

One may readily verify that A becomes a skew-adjoint operator with a compact resolvent in the Hilbert space  1/2 |∇u|2 + |v|2 dx , H := H01 (Ω) × L2 (Ω), (u, v)H := Ω

if we define its domain by

 D(A) := {(u, v) ∈ H : A(u, v) ∈ H} = H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω) × H01 (Ω). Hence we can apply Theorem 2.1. The energy conservation follows from the equality 1 E(t) = U (t)2 . 2

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2.1.2 A Petrovsky System with Hinged Boundary Conditions Now consider the problem ⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨u + ∆ u = 0 u = ∆u = 0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω.

Define the energy of the solutions by the formula  1 E(t) := |u(t, x)|2 + |∆u(t, x)|2 + |∇u
(t, x)|2 dx, 2 Ω

(2.3)

t ∈ R.

Proposition 2.3. If u0 ∈ H01 (Ω)

and

u1 ∈ H −1 (Ω),

then (2.3) has a unique solution u ∈ C(R; H01 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; H −1 (Ω)). Moreover, the energy of the solution is conserved: E(t) = E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proof. We rewrite the problem (2.3) in the form (2.1) by setting U := (u, u
),

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

and A(u, v) := (v, −∆2 u).

One may readily verify that A becomes a skew-adjoint operator with a compact resolvent in the Hilbert space  1/2 |∇u|2 + |∇∆−1 v|2 dx , H := H01 (Ω) × H −1 (Ω), (u, v)H := Ω

−1

4

where ∆ denotes the inverse of the restriction of ∆ to H01 (Ω), if we define its domain by D(A) : = {(u, v) ∈ H : A(u, v) ∈ H} = {u ∈ H 3 (Ω) : u = ∆u = 0 on Γ } × H01 (Ω). Since

1 U (t)2 2 by definition, we conclude the proof by applying Theorem 2.1. E(t) =

4

We recall that ∆ is a linear ismometry of H01 (Ω) onto its dual space H −1 (Ω).

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2.2 Weak Solutions of Dual Problems In order to obtain satisfactory controllability and stabilizability results, we often have to solve inhomogeneous problems with irregular data. We define solutions to such problems by applying the method of transposition or duality. Consider again a first-order equation U
= AU,

U (0) = U0 ,

(2.4)

satisfying assumption (H1) of Theorem 2.1. Furthermore, let B be another linear operator, defined on some linear subspace D(B) of H with values in another Hilbert space G, satisfying the following hypotheses: (H2) D(A) ⊂ D(B), and there exists a constant c such that BU0G ≤ cAU0 H for all U0 ∈ D(A). (H3) There exist an interval5 I and a constant cI such that the solutions of (2.4) satisfy the inequality BU L2(I;G) ≤ cI U0 H for all U0 ∈ D(A). The operator B is usually called an observability operator: we may think that we can observe only BU and not the whole solution U . Remarks. • •

•

Hypothesis (H2) ensures that hypothesis (H3) is meaningful. Hypothesis (H3) is an abstract form of the direct inequalities in the terminology of Lions [96], [97]. It is also called an admissibility inequality because it allows us to define BU as an element of L2 (I; G) for all U0 ∈ H, by a density argument. The particular interval I does not play an important role in hypothesis (H3). Indeed, since the operator A does not depend on time, if hypothesis (H3) is satisfied for some I, then it is also satisfied for every interval J, of arbitrary length, with another constant cJ depending on J. Indeed, let us cover J with a finite number of translates I + t1 , . . . , I + tn of I. Since Uj (t) := U (t + tj ) solves (2.4) with the initial data U (tj ) instead of U0 , we have 5

Throughout this book all intervals are assumed to be bounded and nondegenerate, i.e., having a finite positive length.

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BU L2(I1 ;G) ≤ =

n j=1 n

BU L2(I+tj ;G) BUj L2 (I;G)

j=1 n

≤c

U (tj )H

j=1

≤ cJ U0 H , where the constant cJ also depends on the numbers tj . Consequently, hypothesis (H3) allows us to define BU for all U0 ∈ H as an element of L2loc (R; G). Under the assumptions (H1)–(H3), we are going to define the solution of the dual problem (2.5) V
= −A∗ V + B ∗ W, V (0) = V0 , for every V0 ∈ H
and W ∈ L2loc (R; G
). Here H
, G
denote the dual spaces of H, G, and A∗ , B ∗ denote the adjoints of A and B. The operator B ∗ is usually called a controllability operator: we may think that we can act on the system by choosing a control W . Proceeding formally, if U solves (2.4) and V solves (2.5), then for each S ∈ R we have the identity  S

V (S), U (S)H
,H = V0 , U0 H
,H +

W (t), BU (t)G
,G dt. (2.6) 0

Indeed, we have  S 0=

V (t), U
(t) − AU (t)H
,H dt 0



= [ V (t), U (t)H
,H ]S0 −

0

 = [ V (t), U (t)H
,H ]S0 −

= [ V

−

S

0

 (t), U (t)H
,H ]S0

S

0

 = [ V (t), U (t)H
,H ]S0 −

S

0

V
(t), U (t)H
,H + V (t), AU (t)H
,H dt

V
(t) + A∗ V (t), U (t)H
,H dt

B ∗ W (t), U (t)H
,H dt

S

W (t), BU (t)G
,G dt.

Hence we define a solution of (2.5) as a function V : R → H
satisfying the identity (2.6) for all U0 ∈ H and for all S ∈ R. This definition is justified by the following theorem: Theorem 2.4. Assume (H1)–(H3). If V0 ∈ H
and W ∈ L2loc (R; G
), then the problem (2.5) has a unique solution. Moreover, the function V : R → H
is continuous.

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Proof. As a consequence of hypothesis (H3), the right-hand side of (2.6) defines a bounded linear form of U0 ∈ H for each fixed real S. Since the linear map eSA is an automorphism of H by Theorem 2.1, the right-hand side of (2.6) is also a bounded linear form of U (S) ∈ H. Denoting this form by V (S) ∈ H
, we conclude that (2.6) is satisfied. Since the right-hand side of (2.6) depends continuously on S, the function V : R → H
is continuous. Let us turn to the examples. 2.2.1 Wave Equation with Inhomogeneous Dirichlet Boundary Conditions Consider the following two problems: ⎧

⎪ ⎨v − ∆v = 0 v=w ⎪ ⎩ v(0) = v0 and v
(0) = v1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω;

(2.7)

⎧

⎪ ⎨u − ∆u = 0 u=0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω.

(2.8)

and

If v solves (2.7) and u solves (2.8), then we can make the following formal computation for every S ∈ R:  S (v

− ∆v)u dx dt 0= 0

Ω

S  v
u − vu
dx +

 = Ω



S

0





v(u

− ∆u) dx dt

Ω

−(∂ν v)u + v(∂ν u) dΓ dt.

+ 0

0

S

Γ

Using the initial and boundary conditions for v and for u, we therefore conclude that  −v
(S)u(S) + v(S)u
(S) dx Ω

 −v1 u0 + v0 u1 dx +

= Ω

Using the notation

 0

S

 w∂ν u dΓ dt. Γ

(2.9)

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U := (u, u
),

H := H01 (Ω) × L2 (Ω),

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

and A(u, v) := (v, ∆u),

 D(A) := H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω) × H01 (Ω)

of Section 2.1.1 (p. 10), defining B(u, v) :=

D(B) := D(A),

∂u , ∂ν

G := L2 (Γ ),

and putting V := (−v
, v),

V0 := (−v1 , v0 ),

and W := w,

we see that (2.7), (2.8), and (2.9) take the form of (2.4), (2.5), and (2.6). Therefore, it is natural to interpret the problem (2.7) as the dual (2.8). The assumptions (H1)–(H3) are satisfied. Indeed, (H1) was already verified in Section 2.1.1, while (H2) follows from the usual trace theorem. Finally, (H3) is equivalent to the following so-called hidden regularity theorem, due to Lasiecka and Triggiani [90]:6 Theorem 2.5. The solutions of (2.8) satisfy the direct inequality   2 

∂u

dΓ dt ≤ c |∇u0 |2 + |u1 |2 dx I Γ ∂ν Ω for every time interval7 I, with a constant c depending only on the length |I| of I. Applying Theorem 2.4 we obtain the following result: Proposition 2.6. For arbitrary v0 ∈ L2 (Ω)
,

v1 ∈ H −1 (Ω),

and

w ∈ L2loc (R; L2 (Γ )
),

the problem (2.7) has a unique solution satisfying y ∈ C(R; L2 (Ω)
) ∩ C 1 (R; H −1 (Ω)). 2.2.2 A Petrovsky System with Inhomogeneous Boundary Conditions Here we consider the problems 6

A simpler proof, using multipliers, was subsequently given by Lions [94]. See also [96], [97], or [67], p. 20. 7 We recall that in this book all intervals are assumed to be bounded and nondegenerate.

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⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨v + ∆ v = 0 v = 0 and ∆v = w ⎪ ⎩ v(0) = v0 and v
(0) = v1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(2.10)

⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨u + ∆ u = 0 u = ∆u = 0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω.

(2.11)

and

If v solves (2.10) and u solves (2.11), then we can make the following formal computation for every S ∈ R:  S 0= (v

+ ∆2 v)u dx dt 0

Ω



S  v
u − vu
dx +

= Ω



S



0



v(u

+ ∆2 u) dx dt Ω

(∂ν ∆v)u − (∆v)(∂ν u) + (∂ν v)(∆u) − v(∂ν ∆u) dΓ dt.

+ 0

0

S

Γ

Using the initial and boundary conditions for v and for u, we conclude that  −v
(S)u(S) + v(S)u
(S) dx Ω



 −v1 u0 + v0 u1 dx −

= Ω

S

0

 w∂ν u dΓ dt.

(2.12)

Γ

Using the notation U := (u, u
),

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

H := H01 (Ω) × H −1 (Ω),

and A(u, v) := (v, −∆2 u), D(A) := {u ∈ H 3 (Ω) : u = ∆u = 0 on Γ } × H01 (Ω) of Section 2.1.2 (p. 12), defining D(B) := D(A),

B(u, v) := −

∂u , ∂ν

G := L2 (Γ ),

and putting V := (−v
, v),

V0 := (−v1 , v0 ),

and W := w,

we conclude that (2.10)–(2.12) take the form of (2.4)–(2.6). Therefore, it is natural to interpret the problem (2.10) as the dual (2.11).

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The assumptions (H1)–(H3) are satisfied. Indeed, (H1) was already verified in Section 2.1.2, while (H2) follows again from a usual trace theorem. Finally, (H3) is equivalent to the following hidden regularity theorem of Lions [96], [97]:8 Theorem 2.7. The solutions of (2.11) satisfy the direct inequality   2 

∂u

dΓ dt ≤ c |∇u0 |2 + |∇∆−1 u1 |2 dx I Γ ∂ν Ω for every time interval I, with a constant c depending only on the length |I|. Applying Theorem 2.4, we obtain the following proposition: Proposition 2.8. Given v0 ∈ H01 (Ω),

v1 ∈ H −1 (Ω),

and

w ∈ L2 (R; (L2 (Γ )
)

arbitrarily, the problem (2.10) has a unique solution satisfying v ∈ C(R; H01 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; H −1 (Ω)).

2.3 Observability and Controllability In this section we review an important duality principle between observability and controllability. Again, we begin by presenting an abstract framework, followed by examples. Let us return to the abstract dual problems U
= AU, and

U (0) = U0 ,

V
= −A∗ V + B ∗ W,

V (0) = V0 ,

(2.13)

(2.14)

of the preceding section, satisfying hypotheses (H1)–(H3) (pp. 10, 13). We are going to show that there is an intimate relation between the observability of the first and the controllability of the second equation. Let us also assume the following inverse inequality to (H3): (H4) There exists a bounded interval I
and a positive number c
such that the solutions of (2.13) satisfy the inequality U0 H ≤ c
BU L2(I
;G) for all U0 ∈ Z. 8

See also [67], p. 29.

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Remarks. •

•

This is also called an observability inequality, because it implies that two different initial data U0 in the problem (2.13) lead to different observations BU |I
, so that (applying the inverse inequality to the difference of the two solutions, which is also a solution of our linear equation) the observation is sufficient in order to distinguish the unknown initial data. Unlike condition (H3), in (H4) the length of the interval I is important: it is related to the critical time of observability. Indeed, an elementary argument based on the time invariance of equation (2.13) and on the estimate (2.5) of Theorem 2.1 (p. 10) shows that if (H4) is satisfied for some interval I
, then it is also satisfied for every translate of this interval, with perhaps a different constant c
. It follows that the inequality also holds with some constant c
for every interval having at least the same length. Thus there exists a number T0 ≥ 0 such that the observability inequality holds for all intervals longer than T0 and for no intervals shorter than T0 . (In this abstract setting we cannot draw any conclusion regarding intervals of length equal to T0 .) Note that we do not exclude the case T0 = 0: then the observability inequality holds for all intervals. (But the constant c
explodes as the length of I
tends to zero.) Now the main result of this section is the following:

Theorem 2.9. Assume (H1)–(H4) and let T > |I
|. Then for every initial state V0 ∈ H
there exists a function9 W ∈ L2 (0, T ; G
) such that the solution of (2.14) satisfies the final condition V (T ) = 0. (We say that the control W drives the system to rest in time T .) Moreover, we can choose W satisfying W L2 (0,T ;G
) ≤ cT V0 H


(2.15)

with a constant cT independent of the particular choice of V0 ∈ H
. Proof. As a consequence of hypotheses (H1)–(H4) the formula  ˜0 ) → (U0 , U

0

T

˜0 )G dt (BetA U0 , BetA U

defines a continuous, symmetric, and coercive bilinear form in H. Applying the Riesz–Fr´echet theorem, we see that there exists a self-adjoint, positive definite isomorphism Λ ∈ L(H, H
) such that  ˜0 H
,H =

ΛU0 , U 9

0

T

˜0 )G dt (BetA U0 , BetA U

We extend the function W for example by 0 outside [0, T ] so as to obtain a function W ∈ L2loc (R; G
). It is called a control function.

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˜0 ∈ H. for all U0 , U Let us denote by J : G → G
the canonical Riesz isomorphism. Given V0 ∈ H
arbitrarily, we claim that the control W (s) := −JBetA Λ−1 V0 drives V0 to rest in time T . Indeed, for any given U0 ∈ H, using (2.6) (p. 14) we have  T

W (t), BU (t)G
,G dt

V (T ), U (T )H
,H = V0 , U0 H
,H + 0

 = V0 , U0 H
,H −

0

T

(BetA Λ−1 V0 , BetA U0 )G dt

= V0 , U0 H
,H − ΛΛ−1 V0 , U0 H
,H = 0. Since eT A is an automorphism, U (T ) runs over the whole of H if U0 does. Therefore, we conclude that V (T ) = 0. Finally, the estimate of the norm of the control results from a direct computation, using the isomorphic character of J, Λ, and the direct inequality W L2 (0,T ;G
) = JBesA Λ−1 V0 L2 (0,T ;G
) = BesA Λ−1 V0 L2 (0,T ;G) ≤ c1 Λ−1 V0 H ≤ c2 V0 H
. Remark. As a matter of fact, under hypotheses (H1)–(H3) the controllability of (2.14) is equivalent to the observability of (2.13). Indeed, fix U0 ∈ Z arbitrarily. For every V0 ∈ H
choose an exact control W satisfying the norm inequality (2.15). Using the definition (2.6) of weak solutions, the corresponding solutions of (2.13) and (2.14) satisfy the equality 

V0 , U0 H
,H = −

0

T

W (t), BU (t)G
,G dt.

Using (2.15), it follows that | V0 , U0 H
,H | ≤ cT V0 H
BU L2(0,T ;G) . Since this is true for all V0 ∈ H
, using the Hahn–Banach theorem we conclude that U0 H ≤ cT BU L2(I
;G) . We note that this duality relation remains valid if we assume instead of (H1) only that A generates a semigroup in H; see Dolecki and Russell [32].

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In [96], [97] Lions developed a general and systematic approach for the study of exact controllability of linear distributed systems, the so-called Hilbert uniqueness method (HUM). It was based on the duality principle discussed in this section. Since these references contain a great number of examples (see also [67] for a textbook exposition), in the present book we restrict ourselves to the study of observability, leaving to the reader the formulation of the corresponding controllability results. Let us just recall two applications. 2.3.1 Wave Equation with Dirichlet Control We return to the problems studied in Section 2.2.1 ⎧

⎪ in ⎨v − ∆v = 0 v=w on ⎪ ⎩ v(0) = v0 and v
(0) = v1 in

(p. 15): R × Ω, R × Γ, Ω;

(2.16)

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(2.17)

and ⎧

⎪ ⎨u − ∆u = 0 u=0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

with the observation of ∂ν u. We recall that hypotheses (H1)–(H3) are satisfied. Solving a conjecture of Lions [94], L.F. Ho [50] proved that hypothesis (H4) is also satisfied. This was subsequently improved10 by Lions [96], [97], who weakened the assumption on the length of I: Theorem 2.10. Let R denote the radius of the smallest open ball containing Ω. The solutions of (2.17) satisfy the inverse inequality   2 

∂u |∇u0 |2 + |u1 |2 dx ≤ c

dΓ dt Ω I Γ ∂ν for all intervals I of length |I| > 2R, with a constant c depending only on |I|. Remarks. • •

The above-mentioned proofs were based on the multiplier method. The critical length for the validity of the inverse inequality was determined by Bardos, Lebeau, and Rauch [11], using microlocal analysis. The inverse inequality cannot hold for arbitrarily short intervals because of the finite propagation property of the wave equation; see, e.g., Remark 3.6 in [67] (p. 40) for a short proof. 10

See also [62] or [67] (p. 36) for a simplification of his proof.

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If we consider only initial data with u0 = 0, then the above inverse inequality also holds for the shorter intervals I = (0, T ) with T > R. This easily follows from the theorem by observing that the solutions are odd functions of the time t, so that  T  2   2 1 T

∂u

∂u

dΓ dt =

dΓ dt, ∂ν 2 0 −T Γ ∂ν Γ and the length of the interval (−T, T ) on the right-hand side is greater than 2R. An analogous result holds if we consider only initial data with u1 = 0: now the solutions are even functions of the time t. Applying Theorem 2.9, we obtain the following result of Lions [96], [97]:

Theorem 2.11. If T > 2R, then for any given initial data u0 ∈ L2 (Ω) and u1 ∈ H −1 (Ω) there exists a function w ∈ L2 (0, T ; L2(Ω)) such that the solution of (2.16) satisfies v(T ) = v
(T ) = 0

in

Ω.

Remark. Applying the last two remarks above, we obtain that if T > R, then for every initial data u0 ∈ L2 (Ω) and u1 ∈ H −1 (Ω) there exists a function w ∈ L2 (0, T ; L2(Ω)) such that the solution of (2.16) satisfies v(T ) = 0

in Ω,

and another function w ∈ L2 (0, T ; L2(Ω)) such that the solution of (2.16) satisfies v
(T ) = 0 in Ω. In other words, half the time is sufficient if we want to control only the state or the velocity, but not both. This was proved earlier by Lions using a different argument in [97], pp. 95–102. 2.3.2 A Petrovsky System We return to the problems ⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨v + ∆ v = 0 v = 0 and ∆v = w ⎪ ⎩ v(0) = v0 and v
(0) = v1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(2.18)

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(2.19)

and ⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨u + ∆ u = 0 u = ∆u = 0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

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of Section 2.2.2 (p. 16). We recall that hypotheses (H1)–(H3) are satisfied. In [96] and [97] Lions proved that hypothesis (H4) is also satisfied if the interval I is sufficiently long.11 Subsequently, Zuazua [139] proved that the inverse inequality holds in fact for all intervals:12 Theorem 2.12. The solutions of (2.19) satisfy the inverse inequality   2 

∂u |∇u0 |2 + |∇∆−1 u1 |2 dx ≤ c

dΓ dt Ω I Γ ∂ν for every time interval I, with some constant c depending only on the length |I| of I. Remark. All these proofs used the multiplier method. The possibility of taking arbitrarily short intervals is related to the infinite propagation speed in this equation. Applying Theorem 2.9, we deduce the following improvement13 of earlier results of Lions [96], [97] and Zuazua [139]: Theorem 2.13. For arbitrary T > 0, u0 ∈ H01 (Ω), and u1 ∈ H −1 (Ω), there exists a function w ∈ L2 (0, T ; L2 (Ω)) such that the solution of (2.18) satisfies v(T ) = v
(T ) = 0

in

Ω.

2.4 Observability and Stabilizability We present here an approach to the uniform stabilization, introduced in [70], analogous to HUM. This leads to the construction of boundary feedbacks with arbitrarily large decay rates. Let us return to our abstract framework, U
= AU, U (0) = U0 , ψ = BU, V
= −A∗ V + B ∗ W, V (0) = V0 ,

(2.20)

and assume hypotheses (H1)–(H4) again (pp. 10, 13, 18). Fix two numbers T > |I
|, ω > 0, set Tω = T + (2ω)−1 , define14  e−2ωs if 0 ≤ s ≤ T , eω (s) = 2ωe−2ωT (Tω − s) if T ≤ s ≤ Tω , 11

His proof was simplified in [62]. See also [67] for a constructive proof of this result. 13 See [67], p. 83. In the former results two controls were used. 14 This particular weight function was proposed by Bourquin [16]. 12

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and set

 ˜0 H
,H :=

Λω U0 , U

Tω 0

˜0 )G ds. eω (s)(BesA U0 , BesA U

Then Λω is a self-adjoint, positive definite isomorphism Λω ∈ L(H, H
). Let us denote by J : G → G
the canonical Riesz anti-isomorphism. The following result is a special case of a theorem obtained in [70]. Theorem 2.14. Assume (H1)–(H4) and fix ω > 0 arbitrarily. Then the problem V (0) = V0 , (2.21) V
= (−A∗ − B ∗ JBΛ−1 ω )V, is well-posed in H
. Furthermore, there exists a constant M such that the solutions of (2.21) satisfy the estimates V (t)H
≤ M V0 H
e−ωt

(2.22)

for all V0 ∈ H
and for all t ≥ 0. In other words, this theorem asserts that the feedback law W = −JBΛ−1 ω V uniformly stabilizes the control problem (2.20) with a decay rate at least equal to ω. The well-posedness means here that (2.21) has a unique solution V ∈ C(R; H
) for every V0 ∈ H
. Sketch of the proof. We admit the well-posedness of (2.21), and we write Λω in the following form:  Tω ∗ Λω = eω (s)esA B ∗ JBesA ds. 0

Fix V0 ∈ H
arbitrarily and consider the solution of (2.21). A simple (formal) computation leads to the following identity: d −1 ∗ ∗ −1

Λ V, V H,H
= Λ−1 ω V, (−A Λω − Λω A − 2B JB)Λω V H,H
. dt ω Since

(2.23)

2ωeω (s) ≤ −e
ω (s) and eω (Tω ) = 0,

we have −A∗ Λω − Λω A + 2ωΛω ≤ −

 0

Tω

 ∗ d

eω (s)esA B ∗ JBesA ds = B ∗ JB. ds

Hence we obtain that −A∗ Λω − Λω A − 2B ∗JB ≤ −2ωΛω .

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(This means that the right-hand side minus the left-hand side is positive semidefinite.) Therefore, we deduce from the identity (2.23) the following inequality: d −1

Λ V, V H,H
≤ −2ω Λ−1 ω V, V H,H
. dt ω Hence −1 −2ωt

Λ−1 (2.24) ω V (t), V (t)H,H
≤ Λω V0 , V0 H,H
e for all t ≥ 0. Since Λω ∈ L(H, H
) is a self-adjoint, positive definite isomorphism, there exist two constants c1 , c2 > 0 such that 2 c1 V 2H ≤ Λ−1 ω V, V H,H
≤ c2 V H
for  all V ∈ H . Using these inequalities, (2.24) implies (2.22) with M = c2 /c1 . The above proof is correct in the finite-dimensional case, but there are some technical difficulties in the infinite-dimensional case due to the rather weak regularity of the solutions of (2.21). See [70] for the complete proof in the general case. Remark. Various numerical and experimental tests were conducted by Bourquin and his collaborators Briffaut, Collet, Ratier, and Urquiza on the efficiency of these feedbacks: see, e.g., [17], [18], [21], [116], [134]. We give only two applications of this theorem, and we refer to [70] and [71] for further ones.

2.4.1 Wave Equation with Dirichlet Feedback We recall from Section 2.2.1 (p. 15) that if we write ⎧

u − ∆u = 0 in ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u = 0 on
⎪ and u (0) = u in u(0) = u 0 1 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ on ψ = ∂ν u

the problem R × Ω, R × Γ, Ω, R × Γ,

in the abstract form U
= AU,

ψ = BU,

U (0) = U0 ,

then the corresponding control problem V
= −A∗ V + B ∗ W,

V (0) = V0 ,

is equivalent to ⎧

⎪ ⎨v − ∆v = 0 v=w ⎪ ⎩ v(0) = v0 and v
(0) = v1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω.

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Since hypotheses (H1)–(H4) are satisfied, we can apply Theorem 2.14. It remains to identify the feedback W = −JBΛ−1 ω V . Writing the operator −1 Λ−1 (Ω) × L2 (Ω)
→ H01 (Ω) × L2 (Ω) ω :H

in the matrix form Λ−1 ω =



 P −Q −R S

and using the definition of B, we have w = −JBΛ−1 ω x=

∂ (P y
+ Qy) ∂ν

if we identify G = L2 (Γ ) with its dual G
as usual. We have thus proved the following result: Theorem 2.15. Fix an arbitrarily large positive number ω. Then there exist two bounded linear maps P : H −1 (Ω) → H01 (Ω),

Q : L2 (Ω) → H01 (Ω),

and a constant M such that the closed-loop problem ⎧

⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨v − ∆v = 0 v = ∂ν (P v
+ Qv) on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎩ v(0) = v0 and v
(0) = v1 in Ω, is well-posed in H := L2 (Ω)
× H −1 (Ω), and its solutions satisfy the estimates (v, v
)(t)H ≤ M (v0 , v1 )H e−ωt for all t ≥ 0 and for all (v0 , v1 ) ∈ H. 2.4.2 A Petrovsky System with Hinged Boundary Conditions Applying the results of Sections 2.1.2, 2.2.2 and 2.3.2 (pp. 12, 16, and 22), we can show that Theorem 2.14 yields the following theorem: Theorem 2.16. Fix an arbitrarily large positive number ω. Then there exist two bounded linear maps P : H −1 (Ω) → H01 (Ω),

Q : H01 (Ω) → H01 (Ω),

and a constant M such that the closed-loop problem ⎧

2 ⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨v + ∆ v = 0
v = 0 and ∆v = ∂ν (P v + Qv) on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎩ in Ω, v(0) = v0 and v
(0) = v1

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is well-posed in H := H01 (Ω) × H −1 (Ω), and its solutions satisfy the estimates (v, v
)(t)H ≤ M (v0 , v1 )H e−ωt for all t ≥ 0 and for all (v0 , v1 ) ∈ H. The proof is left to the reader (or see [70]).

2.5 Partial Observation, Control, and Stabilization In applications it is often desirable to generalize Theorems 2.9 and 2.14 (pp. 19, 24) for several reasons: •

Sometimes the system U
= AU,

•

U (0) = U0 ,

is only partially observable; i.e., only a weakened form of hypothesis (H4) is satisfied. Sometimes the system V
= −A∗ V + B ∗ W,

• •

(2.25)

V (0) = V0 ,

(2.26)

is only partially controllable; i.e., not all initial states can be steered to zero. Sometimes the system (2.26) is not stabilizable, but some initial states can still be driven to zero by an appropriate feedback. Even when stabilizable, it may be too expensive to stabilize the whole state: it could be more economic and at the same time completely acceptable from the point of view of applications to stabilize only a finite number of modes.15

Let us consider again the abstract framework of the problems (2.25) and (2.26) as in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 (pp. 13, 18). We continue to assume that hypotheses (H1)–(H3) (pp. 10, 13) are satisfied. Then for any fixed continuous (strictly) positive function f given on some interval [0, T ], the formula  ˜0  :=

Λf U0 , U

0

T

˜0 )G dt (BetA U0 , BetA U

(2.27)

defines a continuous linear map Λf : H → H
. Let us take a closer look at Λf : 15

This is exactly what has been done in the numerical and physical experiments carried over by Bourquin et al. [17], [18], [21], [116], [134].

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Lemma 2.17. The map Λf has the following properties: (a) Λ∗f = Λf ; (b) Λf U0 , U0  ≥ 0 for all U0 ∈ H; (c) Λf U0 , U0  = 0 if and only if Λf U0 = 0; (d) N (Λf ) = R(Λf )⊥ . In the last assertion, N (Λf ) and R(Λf ) denote the kernel (or nullset) and the range of Λf , respectively, and R(Λf )⊥ denotes the orthogonal complement of R(Λf ) ⊂ H
in H. Proof. Assertions (a), (b), and the inverse implication in (c) follow at once from the definition of Λf . The direct implication in (c) is a consequence of the generalized Cauchy–Schwarz inequality ˜0 , U ˜0 |2 ≤ Λf U0 , U0  · Λf U ˜0 , | Λf U0 , U which holds for every positive semidefinite quadratic form. ˜0 ∈ N (Λf ), then Turning to the proof of (d), if U0 ∈ H and U ˜0  = U0 , 0 = 0. ˜0  = U0 , Λf U

Λf U0 , U This proves the inclusion N (Λf ) ⊂ R(Λf )⊥ . ˜0 ∈ R(Λf )⊥ , then we have On the other hand, if U ˜0 , U0  = U ˜ 0 , Λf U0  = 0

Λf U for every U0 ∈ H. This proves the inverse inclusion R(Λf )⊥ ⊂ N (Λf ). Remarks. • •

It follows from property (c) that N (Λf ) is the set of nonobservable initial states for problem (2.25) in the sense that the observation of BetA U0 on [0, T ] does not allow us to distinguish U0 from 0. In particular, this also shows that N (Λf ) does not depend on the particular choice of the function f . Since R(Λf ) = R(Λf )⊥⊥ = N (Λf )⊥ , the closure of the range R(Λf ) of Λf does not depend on f either.

We are going to show that R(Λf ) also has a natural control-theoretical interpretation. Let us adopt the following definition:

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Definition. A state V0 ∈ H
is controllable (in time T ) if there exists a “control function” W ∈ L2 (0, T ; G
) such that the solution of (2.26) satisfies V (T ) = 0. We need the following weakening of hypothesis (H4) (p. 18): (H4
) There exists a constant c
> 0 such that the solutions of (2.25) satisfy the inequality  T 2
˜ f (t)BU (t)2G dt inf U0 + U0 H ≤ c ˜0 ∈N (Λf ) U

0

for all U0 ∈ Z. If Λf is one-to-one, then this hypothesis reduces to (H4), and then Λf is in fact an isomorphism of H onto H
. In the general case, we have the following lemma: Lemma 2.18. Assume (H1)–(H3) and (H4
). Then Λf has a closed range R(Λf ) in H
. Moreover, the quotient map of Λf with respect to its kernel N (Λf ) is an isomorphism of H/N (Λf ) onto R(Λf ) = N (Λf )⊥ . Proof. It follows from hypotheses (H1)–(H3) and (H4
) that the formula (2.27) defines an equivalent scalar product on the factor space H/N (Λf ). Applying the Riesz–Fr´echet theorem, we conclude that the quotient map of Λf with respect to its kernel N (Λf ) is an isomorphism of H/N (Λf ) onto the dual space of H/N (Λf ), i.e., onto N (Λf )⊥ ; see, e.g., Rudin [121], Theorem 4.9. Now we prove the following important theorem: Theorem 2.19. Assume (H1)–(H3) and (H4
). Then R(Λf ) = N (Λf )⊥ is the set of controllable states for the problem (2.26). Proof. If V0 is a controllable state, then it is orthogonal to N (Λf ), so that V0 belongs to R(Λf ) by the equality just proved. Indeed, if W : [0, T ] → G
is a suitable control for V0 , then we have for every U0 ∈ N (Λf ) the equality  T

U, V
+ A∗ V + B ∗ W  dt 0= 0

= U (T ), V (T ) − U0 , V0  +

 0

T




−U + AU, V  dt +

 0

T

BU, W  dt

= − U0 , V0 , because the first two integrals vanish by (2.25) and (2.26), V (T ) = 0 by the choice of W , and BU = 0 a.e. on [0, T ] because U0 is a nonobservable state. Thus V0 is orthogonal to every U0 ∈ N (Λf ).

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Conversely, every V0 ∈ R(Λf ) is controllable. Indeed, choose U0 ∈ H such that Λf U0 = V0 (this is possible because Λf is surjective by the preceding lemma) and consider the control W (t) := f (t)JBU (t), where U is the solution of (2.25) and J : G → G
is the canonical Riesz ˜T ∈ H and U ˜ denotes the solution of the problem isomorphism. Now, if U ˜
= AU ˜, U

˜ (T ) = UT , U

(2.28)

then we have the following equality:  T ˜ , V
+ A∗ V + B ∗ W  dt 0=

U 0



˜T , V (T ) − U ˜ (0), V0  + = U

T

0

˜
+ AU ˜ , V  dt +

−U



T

0

˜ , W  dt

B U

˜T , V (T ). = U Indeed, the first two integrals vanish by (2.26) and (2.28), and we have  T  T ˜ , W  dt = ˜ ˜ (0), Λf U0  = U ˜ (0), V0 .

B U f (t)(B U(t), BU (t))G dt = U 0

0

˜T ∈ H, so that V (T ) = 0. Thus V (T ) is orthogonal to every U Next we have the following generalization of Theorem 2.14 (p. 24). Let us introduce the same operator Λω as there.16 Theorem 2.20. Assume (H1)–(H3) and (H4
), and fix ω > 0 arbitrarily. Then the problem V
= (−A∗ − B ∗ JBΛ−1 ω )V,

V (0) = V0 ,

(2.29)

is well-posed in R(Λω ) = N (Λω )⊥ . Furthermore, there exists a constant M such that the solutions of (2.29) satisfy the estimates V (t)H
≤ M V0 H
e−ωt for all V0 ∈ R(Λω ) and for all t ≥ 0. Proof. For simplicity we prove the theorem only in the finite-dimensional case. First we show that N (Λω ) is an invariant subspace of A. Indeed, if U0 belongs to N (Λω ), then BAk U0 = 0 for all k = 0, 1, . . . . Hence BAk AU0 = 0 for all k = 0, 1, . . . , whence AU0 ∈ N (Λω ). 16

We should write Λeω instead of Λω , but we prefer to keep the earlier notation.

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Next we prove that R(Λω ) is an invariant subspace of the operator −A∗ − B ∗ JBΛ−1 ω . Indeed, first of all, ∗ ∗ (A∗ + B ∗ JBΛ−1 ω )V0 = (A Λω + B JB)U0

is well-defined for all V0 = Λω U0 ∈ R(Λω ); i.e., its value does not depend on ˜0 ∈ N (Λω ), the particular choice of U0 . This follows from the fact that if U ˜ then B U0 = 0. It remains to show that (A∗ Λω + B ∗ JB)U0 ⊥ N (Λω ). ˜0 ∈ N (Λω ), then If U ˜0  = Λω U0 , AU ˜0  + BU0 , B U ˜0

(A∗ Λω + B ∗ JB)U0 , U ˜0  + BU0 , B U ˜0 = U0 , Λω AU =0 ˜0 = 0 by the A-invariance of N (Λω ) and B U ˜0 = 0 by the because Λω AU ˜0 ∈ N (Λω ). condition U It follows from what we proved that the problem (2.29) is well-posed in R(Λω ). We may now repeat the proof of Theorem 2.14.

3 Well-Posedness in a Riesz Basis Setting

In many problems of practical interest, the infinitesimal generator of the semigroup has an additional property: it is diagonalizable in some simple sense. This aspect simplifies the structure of the solutions, and also turns to be useful when we study the observability properties of these systems. In this chapter we prove a general existence theorem for such operators, and we give a large number of examples where this theorem applies.

3.1 An Abstract Existence Theorem We are going to investigate the well-posedness of the problem U
= AU,

U (0) = U0 ,

(3.1)

in a complex Hilbert space H, where A is a (bounded or unbounded) linear operator defined on some linear subspace of H, with values in H. If H is finite-dimensional, then a classical theorem of Jordan ensures the existence of a basis formed by ordinary and generalized eigenvectors of A. More precisely, there exist a basis {Ek, : k = 1, . . . , K,


= 1, . . . , mk }

of H and complex numbers λk ,

k = 1, . . . , K,

such that, putting Ek,0 := 0 for simplicity, we have AEk, = λk Ek, + Ek,−1 for all k and
. Then the solution of (3.1) is given by the formula

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U (t) =

mk K

Uk, Fk, (t)

with Fk, (t) :=

−1 j λk t t e j=0

k=1 =1

j!

Ek,−j ,

where the complex numbers Uk, are the coefficients of the initial value U0 in our basis: mk K U0 = Uk, Ek, . k=1 =1

Indeed, this follows easily from the relations
Fk, (t) = λk Fk, (t) + Fk,−1 (t),

AFk, (t) = λk Fk, (t) + Fk,−1 (t), and Fk, (0) = Ek, , where we have put Fk,0 (t) := 0. Note that since H is finite-dimensional, we have the estimates c1

mk K

|Uk, |2 ≤ U0 2 ≤ c2

k=1 =1

mk K

|Uk, |2

k=1 =1

with two positive1 constants c1 , c2 , independent of the particular choice of U0 ∈ H. Remark. In the sequel we often write A B instead of c1 A ≤ B ≤ c2 A for brevity if we do not need to use explicitly the constants c1 , c2 . For example, the above relation is equivalent to U0 2

mk K

|Uk, |2 .

k=1 =1

In all such estimates, the constants c1 , c2 will be assumed to be independent of the particular choice of the initial data. Now consider the infinite-dimensional case. The following assumption will be satisfied in almost all examples of this book: (RB) There exist a Riesz basis {Ek, : k ∈ K,


= 1, . . . , mk }

of H and complex numbers 1

In this book positive means strictly positive; otherwise, we use the adjective nonnegative.

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λk ,

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k ∈ K,

such that, putting Ek,0 := 0 for simplicity, we have AEk, = λk Ek, + Ek,−1 for all k,
. Moreover, • • •

|λk | → ∞, i.e., the family {λk } has no finite accumulation points; sup|λk | < ∞; sup mk < ∞.

In this book, K will always be a countable infinite set. Usually K is a set of integers, but sometimes it will be more natural to choose other index sets K. Let us recall the definition of the Riesz basis: every U0 ∈ H has a unique convergent expansion mk U0 = Uk, Ek, , (3.2) k∈K =1

and the coefficients of this expansion satisfy the estimates U0 2

mk

|Uk, |2 ,

k∈K =1

i.e., c1

mk k∈K =1

|Uk, |2 ≤ U0 2 ≤ c2

mk

|Uk, |2 ,

(3.3)

k∈K =1

with two constants c1 , c2 > 0, independent of the particular choice of U0 ∈ H. Remark. There is no ambiguity about the interpretation of the convergence: as in the case of orthogonal series, the series encountered here and later have only countably many nonzero terms, and they converge unconditionally; i.e., we can arrange the terms in a sequence in an arbitrary order.2 Example. The simplest case is that of A a skew-adjoint operator having a compact resolvent. Then A is diagonalizable. Moreover, H has an orthonormal basis formed by ordinary eigenvectors of A; i.e., mk = 1 for all k, and all eigenvalues are purely imaginary. Hence Parseval’s equality holds: we may take c1 = c2 = 1 in (3.3). However, this framework is too restrictive for the study of many natural problems considered in this book. Let us denote by Z the linear hull of the basis vectors Ek, ; then Z is a dense subspace of H. If U0 ∈ Z, then its expansion (3.2) has only finitely many nonzero terms, so that it is natural to define the corresponding solution of (3.1) by 2 Alternatively, we could have used the elegant but less familiar concept of sums of families as discussed, e.g., in Halmos [46].

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U (t) =

mk

Uk, Fk, (t)

with Fk, (t) :=

−1 j λk t t e j=0

k∈K =1

j!

Ek,−j .

(3.4)

Clearly, U : R → H belongs to the class C ∞ . As a consequence of assumption (RB) we may define a solution of (3.1) by (3.2) and (3.4) for all U0 ∈ H: Theorem 3.1. Assume (RB). Given U0 ∈ H arbitrarily, the series (3.4), where the coefficients Uk, are defined by (3.2), converges, locally uniformly with respect to t, to a continuous function U : R → H. It will be called the solution of (3.1). Moreover, there exist two continuous and positive functions c3 , c4 : R → R such that (3.5) c3 (t)U0 2 ≤ U (t)2 ≤ c4 (t)U0 2 for all t ∈ R. Proof. Let us arrange the terms in a sequence indexed by the positive integers and let us introduce the partial sums Up (t) :=

p mk

Uk, Fk, (t)

k=1 =1

of the series (3.4). Put m := max mk

and α := sup|λk |

for brevity. Using the definition of Fk, (t), applying the inequality between arithmetic and quadratic means, and finally using the Riesz basis inequality (3.3), we have for all p < q and t ∈ R the following estimates: q mk  2   Uq (t) − Up (t)2 =  Uk, Fk, (t) k=p+1 =1 m  2   = Uk, Fk, (t) =1 p
≤m

 

2  Uk, Fk, (t)

=1 p
=m

m  −1 2 Uk, tj eλk t   Ek,−j   j! j=0 =1 p
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≤ mc2

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−1 m



Uk, tj eλk t 2

j! j=0 =1 p
≤ mc2 e2α|t|

m−1 j=0

q mk t2j |Uk, |2 . (j!)2 k=p+1 =1

Putting c(t) := mc2 e2α|t|

m−1 j=0

t2j (j!)2

we therefore have Uq (t) − Up (t)2 ≤ c(t)

q mk

|Uk, |2 .

k=p+1 =1

The last expression tends to zero as p → ∞, because mk ∞ 1 |Uk, |2 ≤ U0 2 < ∞. c1 k=1 =1

Furthermore, the convergence is uniform on every bounded interval I because the continuous function c(t) is bounded on I. It follows that (Up (t)) is a Cauchy sequence in H for each t, and that the Cauchy property is uniform on every bounded interval I. Since H is complete, Up converges locally uniformly to a continuous function U . It remains to establish (3.5). Choosing p = 0 in the above computation and then letting q → ∞, we obtain that U (t)2 ≤ c(t)

mk ∞

|Uk, |2 .

k=1 =1

Using the Riesz basis property (3.3), we see that the right estimate of (3.5) follows with c4 (t) = c(t)/c1 . The left estimate then easily follows by using the time invariance of the equation (3.1). Indeed, for any fixed t ∈ R, changing the initial data U0 to V0 := U (t) and denoting the corresponding solution of (3.1) by V , we have U0 2 = V (−t)2 ≤ c4 (−t)V0 2 = c4 (−t)U (t)2 , so that the first estimate of (3.5) is satisfied with c3 (t) = 1/c4 (−t). Remarks. •

For each fixed t ∈ R, the formula U0 → U (t) defines an automorphism of H. Denoting it by etA , one can readily verify that e0A is the identity map of H and that esA etA = e(s+t)A for all real s and t. The operator A is said to generate a group etA of automorphisms of H.

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In the skew-adjoint case we have c1 = c2 =1 in (3.3) and c3 (t) = c4 (t) = 1 in (3.5), so that A generates a group etA of isometries of H. The above proof also shows that in this case the convergence UA (t) → U (t) is uniform in t ∈ R. Fix a real number s and denote by Hs the completion of Z (the linear hull of the basis vectors Ek, ) with respect to the Euclidean norm defined by the formula mk

2s U0 2Hs = 1 + |λk | |Uk, |2 ; k∈K

=1

we have H0 = H, while for s > r we have Hs ⊂ Hr with a dense and continuous inclusion. It is easy to verify that hypothesis (RB) is satisfied in each space Hs with the same eigenvalues λk and with the renormalized family −s

Ek, : k ∈ K,
= 1, . . . , mk } { 1 + |λk | as a Riesz basis.3 Hence Theorem 3.1 remains valid in these spaces. For s > 0 this leads to important regularity properties: if the initial value U0 belongs to the smaller space Hs instead of H, then the solution of (3.1) is more regular. For s < 0 we obtain the existence of solutions of (3.1) if the initial data belong only to a larger space Hs instead of H: we still have a natural solution, but it is less regular than before. Let us give some examples.

3.2 Wave Equation with Dirichlet Boundary Condition Consider the problem ⎧

⎪ ⎨u − ∆u + au = 0 u=0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(3.6)

where Ω is a nonempty bounded open set in RN with boundary Γ , and a a real number.4 In order to simplify the exposition we usually assume that Ω is of class C ∞ . The energy of the solution is defined by  1 E(t) := |∇u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R. 2 Ω 3 If λk = 0 for all k, then the above definitions may be simplified by changing 1 + |λk | to |λk |. 4 Here and in all later examples, we could have chosen for example a real-valued function a ∈ L∞ (Ω) instead of a constant: our proofs would adapt to this more general case without difficulty.

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Applying the spectral theorem to the Laplacian operator with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, we see that L2 (Ω) has an orthonormal basis e1 , e2 ,. . . , formed by eigenfunctions of −∆, associated with positive eigenvalues γk , tending to ∞: • • • •

ek ek γk γk

belongs to H01 (Ω); belongs to C ∞ (Ω) and −∆ek = γk ek in Ω; > 0; → ∞.5

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.4

0

0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

–0.2 0.2

–0.4

–0.6 0

0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

–0.8

Fig. 3.1. Graph of e1

Fig. 3.2. Graph of e2

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

0

0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

0

–0.2

–0.2

–0.4

–0.4

–0.6

–0.6

–0.8

–0.8

Fig. 3.3. Graph of e3

0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

Fig. 3.4. Graph of e4

5 For example, in the one-dimensional case Ω = (0, π) such an orthonormal basis p is given by the functions ek := 2/π sin kx, corresponding to the eigenvalues γk = k2 , k = 1, 2, . . . . See Figures 3.1–3.4.

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Setting6

√ γk + a,

ωk := we have the following result: Proposition 3.2. If u0 ∈ H01 (Ω)

and

u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

then (3.6) has a unique solution satisfying u ∈ C(R; H01 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)). It is given by a series7 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )ek (x)

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 γk |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, E(0)

∞

 γk |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c2 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proof. We rewrite the problem (3.6) in the form (3.1) by setting U := (u, u
),

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

and A(u, v) := (v, ∆u − au).

Let us denote by Z the linear hull of the eigenfunctions ek and define the domain of A by D(A) := Z × Z. We distinguish three cases. First case. If γk > −a for all k, then all numbers ωk are real and positive. Then one may readily verify that the vectors 6 If γk + a < 0 for some k, then we choose any one of the two square roots. Since γk → ∞, this can happen only for finitely many indices. 7 If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

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1 E±k,1 :=  (ek , ±iωk ek ), γk + |ωk |2

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k = 1, 2, . . . ,

are (ordinary) eigenvectors of A with purely imaginary eigenvalues ±iωk . Moreover, they form an orthonormal basis in the Hilbert space  1/2 |∇u|2 + |v|2 dx . H := H01 (Ω) × L2 (Ω), (u, v)H := Ω

Hence the assumptions of Theorem 3.1 are satisfied with mk = 1 for all k ∈ Z\{0}: we are in the skew-adjoint case. Putting ω−k := −ωk , we see that the corresponding solution of (3.1) is given by the series Uk,1 eiωk t Ek,1 , U (t) = k∈Z\{0}

and its first component provides the expression of the solution u(t, x) of (3.6) with Uk,1 a±k =  , k = 1, 2, . . . . γk + |ωk |2 The desired estimates follow by noting that E(t) =

1 U (t)2 2

and γk + |ωk |2 γk .

Second case. If some of the numbers γk + a are negative but none of them is equal to zero, then the above defined ordinary eigenvectors still form an orthonormal basis of H, but a finite number of the eigenvalues ±iωk are no longer purely imaginary. Otherwise, the proof remains unchanged. Third case. If ωk = 0 for some k (this can happen only for finitely many indices), then we replace Ek,1 and E−k,1 by Ek,1 := (ek , 0) and Ek,2 := (0, ek ) in the proof. Then Uk,1 eiωk t Ek,1 + U−k,1 e−iωk t E−k,1 in the expression of U (t) is replaced by

 Uk,1 Ek,1 + Uk,2 Ek,2 + tEk,1 , which provides the desired expression of u(t, x) with ak = Uk,1

and a−k = Uk,2 .

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Remark. Using the last remark of the preceding section, we may obtain an infinite family of variants of Proposition 3.2 by strengthening or weakening the norms and the “energy” of the solutions. Indeed, fix a real number s and denote by Ds the completion of Z with respect to the Euclidean norm defined by the formula ∞ ∞ 2    ak ek  := (1 + γk )s |ak |2 .  s

k=1

k=1 s

For some particular values of s, D is a usual Sobolev space; for example, D0 = L2 (Ω),

D1 = H01 (Ω),

D2 = H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω),

D−1 = H −1 (Ω).

One may readily verify that Hs = Ds+1 × Ds (up to a norm equivalence) with the notation of the preceding proof. This leads to a generalization of the preceding proposition, by replacing H01 (Ω),

L2 (Ω),

γk ,

and E(t)

by

 1

u(t)2s+1 + u
(t)2s , 2 respectively, where u(t, x) is still given by the same formula. Ds+1 ,

Ds ,

γks+1 ,

and Es (t) :=

3.3 Wave Equation with Neumann Boundary Condition Next consider the problem ⎧

⎪ ⎨u − ∆u + au = 0 ∂ν u = 0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(3.7)

with Ω, Γ , and a as in the preceding section. Here and in the sequel we denote by ν the outward unit normal vector to Γ , and by ∂u ∂ν or ∂ν u the normal derivative of u. For convenience, the “energy” of the solution is defined by  1 |u(t, x)|2 + |∇u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R. E(t) := 2 Ω It follows from the spectral theorem applied to the Laplacian operator with homogeneous Neumann boundary condition that L2 (Ω) has an orthonormal basis e1 , e2 ,. . . , formed by eigenfunctions of −∆, associated with nonnegative eigenvalues γk , tending to ∞, only one of which is equal to zero: • • •

ek belongs to H 2 (Ω) and ∂ν ek = 0 on Γ ; ek belongs to C ∞ (Ω) and −∆ek = γk ek in Ω; γ1 = 0 and γk > 0 if k ≥ 2;

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γk → ∞.8

• 1

0.8

0.6 0.8

0.4

0.2

0.6

y

0

0.5

1

0.4

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

–0.2

–0.4

0.2

–0.6 0

0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

–0.8

Fig. 3.5. Graph of e1

Fig. 3.6. Graph of e2

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

0

0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

0

3

–0.2

–0.2

–0.4

–0.4

–0.6

–0.6

–0.8

–0.8

Fig. 3.7. Graph of e3

0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

Fig. 3.8. Graph of e4

Setting9 ωk :=

√ γk + a

we have the following proposition: Proposition 3.3. If u0 ∈ H 1 (Ω)

and

u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

then (3.7) has a unique solution satisfying 8

For example, in the one-dimensional case Ω = (0,p π), such an orthonormal basis p 1/π and ek := 2/π cos(k − 1)x for k ≥ 2, is given by the functions e1 := corresponding to the eigenvalues γk = (k − 1)2 , k = 1, 2, . . . See Figures 3.5–3.8. 9 If γk + a < 0 for some k, then we choose any one of the two square roots. As in the preceding section, γk + a > 0 for all but finitely many indices.

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u ∈ C(R; H 1 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)). It is given by a series10 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )ek (x)

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞



(1 + γk ) |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, E(0)

∞



(1 + γk ) |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c2 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proof. We rewrite the problem (3.7) in the form (3.1) by again setting U := (u, u
),

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

and A(u, v) := (v, ∆u − au).

Let us denote by Z the linear hull of the eigenfunctions ek and define the domain of A by D(A) := Z × Z. We may repeat the proof of Proposition 3.2 by working in the Hilbert space  1/2 1 2 H := H (Ω) × L (Ω), (u, v) := |u|2 + |∇u|2 + |v|2 dx , Ω

and by changing γk to 1 + γk everywhere. Remark. As in the preceding section, it is possible to formulate an infinite family of analogous propositions by considering more or less regular initial data. Introducing the spaces Ds as in the preceding section but by using the new orthonormal basis (ek ) considered above, we have, for example, D0 = L2 (Ω),

D1 = H 1 (Ω),

D2 = {v ∈ H 2 (Ω) : ∂ν v = 0

on Γ }.

Now for each fixed real number s a variant of Proposition 3.3 is obtained if we replace 10

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

3.4 Wave Equation with Mixed Boundary Conditions

H 1 (Ω),

L2 (Ω),

1 + γk ,

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and E(t),

respectively, by Ds+1 ,

Ds ,

(1 + γk )s+1 ,

and Es (t) :=

 1

u(t)2s+1 + u
(t)2s , 2

and we keep the same formula for u(t, x). We shall use later the case s = −1: then the energy is given by the formula  1 E−1 (t) := |u(t, x)|2 + |∇∆−1 u
(t, x)|2 dx. 2 Ω Here ∆ maps D1 onto D−1 , and ∆−1 v is defined only up to an additive constant (a multiple of e1 ). But ∇∆−1 v is uniquely defined.

3.4 Wave Equation with Mixed Boundary Conditions Next consider the more complex problem ⎧

u − ∆u + au = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u = 0 ⎪ ∂ν u = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in on on in

R × Ω, R × Γ0 , R × Γ1 , Ω,

(3.8)

with the same assumptions and notation as in the preceding two sections. Furthermore, we assume that Γ0 is a nonempty both open and closed subset of Γ , and Γ1 = Γ \Γ0 . If Γ0 = Γ , then this model reduces to the case of Dirichlet boundary conditions considered in Section 3.2.11 Examples. • • •

The last condition is obviously satisfied in the Dirichlet case in which Γ0 = Γ and Γ1 = ∅. The condition is also satisfied if Ω is an annular region and Γ0 , Γ1 are its outer and inner boundaries, respectively. A third case in which this condition is satisfied is that of Ω a onedimensional interval (0,
) and Γ0 = {0}, Γ1 = {
}.

Under these assumptions the spectral theorem implies the existence of an orthonormal basis e1 , e2 ,. . . of L2 (Ω), formed by eigenfunctions of −∆, associated with positive eigenvalues γk , tending to ∞: •

ek belongs to H 2 (Ω), ek = 0 on Γ0 and ∂ν ek = 0 on Γ1 ; 11

The above assumptions are satisfied, for example, if Γ0 is a connected component of the boundary. More general partitions of the boundary were considered, e.g., by Grisvard [45], Komornik and Zuazua [83], and Bey, Loh´eac, and Moussaoui [15].

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• • •

ek belongs to C ∞ (Ω) and −∆ek = γk ek in Ω; γk > 0 for all k, γk → ∞.12

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0.4

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0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

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–0.4

–0.6 0

0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

–0.8

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1.5 x

2

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3

–0.2

–0.2

–0.4

–0.4

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–0.6

–0.8

–0.8

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0.5

1

1.5 x

2

2.5

3

Fig. 3.12. Graph of e4

Let us introduce the Hilbert space HΓ10 (Ω) := {v ∈ H 1 (Ω) : v = 0

on Γ0 },

v :=



1/2 |∇v|2 dx .

Ω

12 For example, in the one-dimensional case Ω = p (0, π) with Γ0 = {0} such an orthonormal basis is given by the functions ek := 2/π sin(k − (1/2))x for k ≥ 1, corresponding to the eigenvalues γk = (k − (1/2))2 . See Figures 3.9–3.12.

3.4 Wave Equation with Mixed Boundary Conditions

Setting13 ωk :=

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√ γk + a

and defining the “energy” of the solution by the formula  1 E(t) := |∇u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R, 2 Ω we have the following result: Proposition 3.4. If u0 ∈ HΓ10 (Ω)

and

u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

then (3.8) has a unique solution satisfying

 u ∈ C R; HΓ10 (Ω) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)). It is given by a series14 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )ek (x)

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 γk |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, E(0)

∞

 γk |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c2 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proof. This is a straightforward generalization of the proof of Proposition 3.2 obtained by working in the Hilbert space  1/2 1 2 |∇u|2 + |v|2 dx . H := HΓ0 (Ω) × L (Ω), (u, v)H := Ω

13

If γk + a < 0 for some k, then we choose any one of the two square roots. As in the preceding section, γk + a > 0 for all but finitely many indices. 14 If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

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3.5 A Petrovsky System with Hinged Boundary Conditions Now consider the problem ⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨u + ∆ u + au = 0 u = ∆u = 0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω.

Define the energy of the solutions by the formula  1 E(t) := |u(t, x)|2 + |∆u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, 2 Ω

(3.9)

t ∈ R.

Consider in the Hilbert space L2 (Ω) the same orthonormal basis e1 , e2 ,. . . as in the case of the wave equation with Dirichlet boundary condition in Section 3.2, and set15  ωk :=

γk2 + a.

Proposition 3.5. If u0 ∈ H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω)

and

u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

then (3.9) has a unique solution u ∈ C(R; H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)). It is given by a series16 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )ek (x)

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 γk2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, E(0)

∞

 γk2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c2 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. 15 16

If γk2 + a < 0 for some k, then we choose any one of the two square roots. If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

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Proof. We rewrite the problem (3.9) in the form (3.1) by setting U := (u, u
),

and A(u, v) := (v, −∆2 u − au).

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

Let us denote by Z the linear hull of the eigenfunctions ek and define the domain of A by D(A) := Z × Z. We may repeat the proof of Proposition 3.2 by working this time in the Hilbert space  1/2 

2 1 2 |u|2 +|∆u|2 +|v|2 dx , H := H (Ω)∩H0 (Ω) ×L (Ω), (u, v)H := Ω

and by changing γk to γk2 everywhere in the proof. As in the preceding problems, we may obtain infinitely many variants of the above proposition. Indeed, introducing the same Hilbert spaces Ds as in Section 3.2 (p. 38), we may replace for every fixed real number s, H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω),

L2 (Ω),

γk2 ,

and E(t),

respectively, by Ds+2 ,

Ds ,

γks+2 ,

and Es (t) :=

 1

u(t, ·)2s+2 + u
(t, ·)2s . 2

Let us mention two particular cases for later reference: •

(Case s = 1.) For u0 ∈ D3 = {v ∈ H 3 (Ω) : v = ∆v = 0 on Γ } and u1 ∈ H01 (Ω) the solutions of (3.9) satisfy the estimates E1 (0)

∞

 γk3 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

where the solution is given by the same series as before, and  1 E1 (t) := |∇∆u(t, x)|2 + |∇u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R. 2 Ω Indeed, we have only to observe that the formula  1 v := |∇∆v|2 dx 2 Ω defines an equivalent norm on D3 .

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(Case s = −1.) For u0 ∈ H01 (Ω) and u1 ∈ H −1 (Ω) the solutions of (3.9) satisfy the estimates E−1 (0)

∞

 γk |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

where the solution is given by the same series as before, and  1 E−1 (t) := |∇u(t, x)|2 + |∇∆−1 u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R, 2 Ω where ∆−1 denotes the inverse of the isometric anti-isomorphism ∆ : H01 (Ω) → H −1 (Ω).

3.6 A Petrovsky System with Guided Boundary Conditions Next consider the problem ⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨u + ∆ u + au = 0 ∂ν u = ∂ν ∆u = 0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω.

Define the energy of the solution by  1 |u(t, x)|2 + |∆u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, E(t) := 2 Ω

(3.10)

t ∈ R.

Consider in the Hilbert space H := L2 (Ω) the same orthonormal basis e1 , e2 ,. . . as in the case of the wave equation with Neumann boundary condition in Section 3.3, and set17  ωk :=

γk2 + a.

Introducing the Hilbert space V := {v ∈ H 2 (Ω) : ∂ν v = 0 with the norm vV :=



on Γ }

1/2 |v|2 + |∆v|2 dx ,

Ω

we have the following proposition: 17

If γk2 + a < 0 for some k, then we choose any one of the two square roots.

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Proposition 3.6. If u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H, then (3.10) has a unique solution u ∈ C(R; V ) ∩ C 1 (R; H). It is given by a series18 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )ek (x)

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 (1 + γk )2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, E(0)

∞

 (1 + γk )2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c2 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proof. We rewrite the problem (3.10) in the form (3.1) by setting U := (u, u
),

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

and A(u, v) := (v, −∆2 u − au).

Let us denote by Z the linear hull of the eigenfunctions ek and define the domain of A by D(A) := Z × Z. Then we can repeat the proof of Proposition 3.2, working this time in the Hilbert space H := V × H. As before, we obtain many variants of the above proposition by introducing the same Hilbert spaces Ds as in Section 3.3 (p. 42), and replacing for any fixed real number s, V,

H,

(1 + γk )2 ,

and E(t),

respectively, by Ds+2 ,

Ds ,

(1 + γk )s+2 ,

and Es (t) :=

 1

u(t, ·)2s+2 + u
(t, ·)2s . 2

We shall use later the case s = −2: then the energy is given by  1 E−2 (t) := |u(t, x)|2 + |∆−1 u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R. 2 Ω 18

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

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3.7 A Petrovsky System with Mixed Boundary Conditions Consider finally the problem ⎧

u + ∆2 u + au = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u = ∆u = 0 ⎪ ∂ν u = ∂ν ∆u = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in on on in

R × Ω, R × Γ0 , R × Γ1 , Ω,

(3.11)

with the same assumptions and notation as in Section 3.4. Let us also introduce the same orthonormal basis e1 , e2 ,. . . of H := L2 (Ω) and the same eigenvalues γk . Define the energy of the solution by  1 |u(t, x)|2 + |∆u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R. E(t) := 2 Ω Introducing the Hilbert space V := {v ∈ H 2 (Ω) : v = 0 on Γ0 with the norm vV :=



and ∂ν v = 0

on Γ1 }

1/2 |v|2 + |∆v|2 dx

Ω

and setting ωk :=

 γ 2 + a,

we have the following generalization of Proposition 3.5 (p. 48): Proposition 3.7. If u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H, then (3.11) has a unique solution u ∈ C(R; V ) ∩ C 1 (R; H). It is given by a series19 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )ek (x)

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 (1 + γk )2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, 19

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

3.8 A Coupled System

E(0)

∞

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 (1 + γk )2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c2 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proof. We rewrite the problem (3.11) in the form (3.1) by setting U := (u, u
),

U0 := (u0 , u1 ),

and A(u, v) := (v, −∆2 u − au).

Let us denote by Z the linear hull of the eigenfunctions ek and define the domain of A by D(A) := Z × Z. Then we can repeat the proof of Proposition 3.2, working this time in the Hilbert space H := V × H.

3.8 A Coupled System Fix four complex numbers a, b, c, d and consider the following coupled system formed by a wave equation and a Petrovsky system: ⎧ u

− ∆u + au + bw = 0 in R × Ω, ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪

2 ⎪ + ∆ w + cu + dw = 0 in R × Ω, w ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u = 0 on R × Γ, (3.12) ⎪ w = ∆w = 0 on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ in Ω, u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩
w(0) = w0 and w (0) = w1 in Ω. We define the energy of the solution by the formula20  1 E(t) := |∇u(t, x)|2 +|u
(t, x)|2 +|∇w(t, x)|2 +|∇∆−1 w
(t, x)|2 dx, 2 Ω

t ∈ R.

The well-posedness of this problem easily follows from the earlier results if we appply the basic theory of semigroups: Proposition 3.8. Given u0 ∈ H01 (Ω),

u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

w0 ∈ H01 (Ω),

and

w1 ∈ H −1 (Ω)

arbitrarily, the problem (3.12) has a unique solution satisfying u ∈ C(R; H01 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)) and 20

w ∈ C(R; H01 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; H −1 (Ω)). As in Section 3.5, ∆−1 denotes the inverse of the restriction of ∆ to H01 (Ω).

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Proof. If b = c = 0, then the system is uncoupled, and the result follows at once from Proposition 3.2 and the variant s = −1 of Proposition 3.5 (pp. 40 and 48). The general case then easily follows from the theory of semigroups, because the terms bw and cu represent a bounded perturbation of the infinitesimal generator of the semigroup associated with the uncoupled system. Let us also give a direct proof by applying the abstract Theorem 3.1. For this, let us rewrite the problem (3.12) in the form U
= AU, by putting and

U = (u, w, u
, w
),

U (0) = U0 , U0 = (u0 , w0 , u1 , w1 ),

A(u, w, v, z) := (v, z, ∆u − au − bw, −∆2 w − cu − dw)

with D(A) := Z × Z × Z × Z, where Z denotes the linear hull of the Dirichlet eigenfunctions e1 , e2 ,. . . as in Sections 3.2 and 3.5 (pp. 38, 48), with the same eigenvalues γ1 , γ2 ,. . . as there. Let us also introduce the Hilbert space H := H01 (Ω) × H01 (Ω) × L2 (Ω) × H −1 (Ω); then E(t) =

1 U (t)2 . 2

Proposition 3.9. The operator A satisfies hypothesis (RB) (p. 34) in the Hilbert space H. Moreover, we can choose the corresponding Riesz basis in the form {Ek,j : k = 1, 2, . . . , j = 1, 2, 3, 4} with corresponding eigenvalues iωk,j so as to have the following asymptotic behavior as k → ∞: ⎛

Ek,1

Ek,3

and

⎞ −1/2 γk ⎜ o(1) ⎟ ⎟ =⎜ ⎝i + o(1)⎠ ek , o(1) ⎛ ⎞ o(1) −1/2 ⎜ ⎟ γk ⎟ ek , =⎜ ⎝ ⎠ o(1)  1/2

γk i + o(1)

⎛

Ek,2

Ek,4

⎞ −1/2 γk ⎜ o(1) ⎟ ⎟ =⎜ ⎝−i + o(1)⎠ ek , o(1) ⎛ ⎞ o(1) −1/2 ⎜ ⎟ γk ⎟ ek , =⎜ ⎝ ⎠ o(1)  1/2

γk −i + o(1)

(3.13)

(3.14)

3.8 A Coupled System

ωk,1

√ = γk + o(1),

ωk,3 = γk + o(1),

ωk,2

√ = − γk + o(1),

ωk,4 = −γk + o(1).

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(3.15) (3.16)

Furthermore, we have ωk,2 = −ωk,1 and ωk,4 = −ωk,3 for all k. Finally, if a, b, c, d are real numbers, then the numbers ωk,j are also real for all sufficiently large k. Proof. Consider the 4 × 4 matrices ⎛ ⎞ 0 0 10 ⎜ 0 0 0 1⎟ ⎟ Ak := ⎜ ⎝−γk − a −b 0 0⎠ , −c −γk2 − d 0 0

k = 1, 2, . . . .

For each fixed k, by Jordan’s theorem C4 has a basis Ak,1 , Ak,2 , Ak,3 , Ak,4 formed by ordinary or generalized eigenvectors of Ak with corresponding eigenvalues iωk,1 , iωk,2 , iωk,3 , and iωk,4 such that ωk,2 = −ωk,1 , ωk,4 = −ωk,3 , and 

2 2 2 2 γk2 + d − γk − a + 4bc −2ωk,1 = −2ωk,2 = γk + d + γk + a + and 2 2 −2ωk,3 = −2ωk,4 = γk2 + d + γk + a −



2 γk2 + d − γk − a + 4bc.

Since γk → ∞, the relations (3.15)–(3.16) follow by a direct computation. It follows that Ak has four distinct eigenvalues if k is sufficiently large. Furthermore, a direct computation also shows that we can normalize the eigenvectors Ak,j , so that, by putting Ek,j := Ak,j ek the relations (3.13)–(3.14) are also satisfied. It is clear from the construction that the linear hull of the family {Ek,j } is equal to Z × Z × Z × Z, so that it is dense in H. The Riesz basis property now easily follows by observing that the four-dimensional subspaces spanned by {Ek,1 , Ek,2 , Ek,3 , Ek,4 } are mutually orthogonal and that the four spanning vectors closer and closer to being orthogonal as k → ∞; i.e., 

Ek,j , Ek,n H →0 Ek,j  · Ek,n  if j = n. Analogous results hold if we change the boundary conditions in (3.12) as follows: ⎧ u

− ∆u + au + bw = 0 in R × Ω, ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪

2 ⎪ w + ∆ w + cu + dw = 0 in R × Ω, ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨∂ u = 0 on R × Γ, ν (3.17) ⎪ ∂ w = ∂ ∆w = 0 on R × Γ, ν ν ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1 in Ω, ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ w(0) = w0 and w
(0) = w1 in Ω.

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3 Well-Posedness in a Riesz Basis Setting

V := {v ∈ H 2 (Ω) : ∂ν v = 0

and vV :=



on Γ }

1/2 |v|2 + |∆v|2 dx

Ω

for brevity, we see that the new problem is well-posed in the following sense: Proposition 3.10. For arbitrary u0 ∈ H 1 (Ω),

u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

w0 ∈ V,

and

w1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

the problem (3.17) has a unique solution satisfying u ∈ C(R; H 1 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)) and

w ∈ C(R; V ) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)).

Proof. If b = c = 0, then the system is uncoupled, and the result follows at once from Propositions 3.3 and 3.6 (pp. 43 and 51). The general case then easily follows from the theory of semigroups, because the terms bw and cu represent a bounded perturbation of the infinitesimal generator of the semigroup associated with the uncoupled system. Remark. We can rewrite the problem (3.17) in the form U
= AU,

U (0) = U0 ,

with the only change that now Z denotes the linear hull of the Neumann eigenfunctions e1 , e2 ,. . . as in Sections 3.3 and 3.6 (pp. 42, 50). Introducing now the Hilbert space H := H 1 (Ω) × V × L2 (Ω) × L2 (Ω), we see that Proposition 3.9 remains valid verbatim, with the same proof.

4 Observability of Strings

In this chapter we introduce two important generalizations of Parseval’s equality. They enable us to solve several simple but already nontrivial problems concerning the observability of strings. Throughout this chapter it will be convenient to use the notation µk := √ γk ; then 1 + µk k.

4.1 Strings with Free Endpoints I We begin by generalizing and completing Proposition 1.1 (p. 2). Fix a positive number
, a real number a, and consider the following system: ⎧ utt − uxx + au = 0 in R × (0,
), ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u (t, 0) = u (t,
) = 0 for t ∈ R, x x (4.1) ⎪ u(0, x) = u for x ∈ (0,
), 0 (x) ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ ut (0, x) = u1 (x) for x ∈ (0,
). This is a special case of the system considered in Section 3.3 (p. 42), corresponding to Ω = (0,
). Putting µk := (k − 1)π/
for brevity, we may choose in L2 (0,
) the orthonormal basis   e1 (x) = 1/
and ek (x) = 2/
cos µk x, k = 2, 3, . . . . Since γk = µ2k , putting ωk := and

 µ2k + a

 1  E(t) := |u(t, x)|2 + |ux (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx, 2 0 we have the following special case of Proposition 3.3 (p. 43):

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Proposition 4.1. If u0 ∈ H 1 (0,
)

and

u1 ∈ L2 (0,
),

then (4.1) has a unique solution satisfying u ∈ C(R; H 1 (0,
)) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (0,
)). It is given by a series1 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) cos µk x

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, we have E(0)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two strictly positive functions c3 , c4 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c3 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c4 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. In order to formulate our next result concerning the observability at one of the endpoints, let us introduce for every positive integer k
the following finite-codimensional subspaces of the Hilbert spaces H 1 (0,
) and L2 (0,
): Hk


   2 := v ∈ L (0,
) : v(x) cos µk x dx = 0

 for all 0 ≤ k < k
,

Vk


   := v ∈ H 1 (0,
) : v(x) cos µk x dx = 0

 for all 0 ≤ k < k
.

0

0

Observe that the functions cos µk x,

k = k
, k
+ 1, . . . ,

form an orthogonal basis in both Hk
and Vk
. 1

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t. Note that this cannot happen for more than one index k.

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Proposition 4.2. Given an interval I of length |I| > 2
, there exists an integer k
such that we have u(·, 0)2H 1 (I) u(·,
)2H 1 (I) E(0) for all solutions of (4.1) corresponding to initial data u0 ∈ Vk
and u1 ∈ Hk
. Remark. For a = 0 the optimality of the condition |I| > 2
can be easily proved by applying Parseval’s equality. More precisely, one can show in this way that the estimates fail if |I| < 2
. For a = 0 the optimality of the condition |I| > 2
follows at once by applying Beurling’s Theorem 9.2, to be discussed later (p. 174). Proof. Fix k
satisfying ωk > 0 for all k ≥ k
, and sufficiently large as to be specified later. In view of the preceding proposition we have to establish the following estimates:2   ∞

 (4.2) |u(t, 0)|2 dt + |ut (t, 0)|2 dt k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 . I

I

k=k


Observe that   ∞

2

2 |u(t, 0)| dt = (ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) dt I

and



(4.3)

I k=k


 ∞

2

|ut (t, 0)| dt = ωk (ak eiωk t − a−k e−iωk t ) dt. 2

I

(4.4)

I k=k


If a = 0, then the functions e±iωk t are not orthogonal on any interval I, so that we cannot apply Parseval’s equality as in the proof of Proposition 1.1. Fortunately, we have at our disposal the following celebrated generalization of Parseval’s equality, due to Ingham [52]: Theorem 4.3. Let (ωk )k∈K be a family of real numbers, satisfying the uniform gap condition (4.5) γ := inf |ωk − ωn | > 0. k=n

If I is a bounded interval I of length |I| > 2π/γ, then  |x(t)|2 dt |xk |2 I 2

k∈K

The case of the right endpoint is analogous.

(4.6)

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for all functions given by the sum3 x(t) =



xk eiωk t

(4.7)

k∈K

with square-summable complex coefficients xk . Remarks. • •

Ingham’s theorem improved the pioneering works of Wiener [136] and Paley–Wiener [111]. It is natural to replace the equality by a relation , even in the usual case of ωk = k for all integers. Indeed, if I = (a, b) is an interval of length |I| ≥ 2π, writing 2nπ ≤ |I| ≤ 2(n + 1)π with n an integer, we have  a+2nπ |x(t)|2 dt 2kπ |xk |2 = a  ≤ |x(t)|2 dt I



a+2(n+1)π

|f (t)|2 dt = 2(n + 1)π |xk |2 ,

≤

a

•

and these inequalities are the best we can have for all sums (4.7). The above estimate contains both the so-called direct inequality  |x(t)|2 dt ≤ c1 |xk |2 I

and the so-called inverse inequality  2 |xk | ≤ c2 |x(t)|2 dt. k∈K

•

(4.8)

k∈K

(4.9)

I

The proof will show that the constants c1 and c2 depend only on γ and on the length of I. The gap condition is also necessary for the validity of the inverse inequality. Indeed, integrating the inequality

iω t

e k − eiωn t ≤ |(ωk − ωn )t| over I = [a, b] we easily deduce from (4.9) that (4.5) is satisfied with  6 . γ := c2 (b3 − a3 ) 3

There is no problem for the interpretation of the convergence: we can have only countably many nonzero terms, and the convergence is unconditional.

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•

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In view of Theorem 3.1 (p. 36) it is natural to seek a more general result by considering instead of (4.7), functions of the form x(t) =

k −1 m

xk,j tj eiωk t .

k∈K j=0

We shall investigate this question in Chapter 9. In order to apply this theorem to the two series (4.3) and (4.4) above, let us note that by setting ω−k := −ωk

and K := {k ∈ Z : |k| ≥ k
}

for some positive integer k
, the uniform gap condition (4.5) is satisfied with   γ = γk
:= min 2ωk
, inf
ωk+1 − ωk . k≥k

Since ωk =

 kπ 2


+a→

kπ


as k → ∞, we have

π ,
and therefore the assumption |I| > 2
implies that γk
→

2π γk


|I| >

if k
is sufficiently large. Choosing such a value of k
and applying Ingham’s theorem to the series (4.3) and (4.4), we conclude that 

∞

 |ak |2 + |a−k |2

|u(t, 0)|2 dt

I

k=k


and 

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt

I

Hence (4.2) follows.

∞ k=k


 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 .

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4.2 Proof of Ingham’s Theorem We present a simplified proof given in [7]. We first prove the theorem for finite4 sums (4.7). Then the general case will be established by a standard density argument at the end of the section. We shall use the function H : R → R defined by  cos x if −π/2 < x < π/2, H(x) := 0 otherwise, and its Fourier transform h : R → R given by  ∞ H(x)e−itx dx. h(t) := −∞

Both functions are continuous, and H vanishes outside the open interval (−π/2, π/2): see Figures 4.1 and 4.2. Let us also observe that 

π/2

h(t) =

cos x cos tx dx > 0 −π/2

for all t ∈ [−1, 1], because cos x cos tx > 0 under the integral sign. Hence h has some positive lower bound in the interval [−1, 1].5 1

2

0.8

1.5

0.6

1

0.4

0.5 0.2

–1.5

–1

–0.5

0.5

x

Fig. 4.1. Graph of H

1

1.5

–10

–8

–6

–4

–2

0

2

4

6

8

10

t

Fig. 4.2. Graph of h

Proof of the direct inequality for γ = π. The convolution product G := H ∗ H defines a continuous even function, vanishing outside the open interval 4

Here and in the sequel a sum is called finite if it has at most a finite number of nonzero terms. 2 cos πt/2 5 A simple computation shows that h(t) = . Using this formula one can 1 − t2 easily show that h(t) ≥ π/2 for all t ∈ [−1, 1].

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(−π, π).6 Furthermore, its Fourier transform g(t) = h(t)2 is continuous and nonnegative, and it has a positive lower bound β in the interval [−1, 1].7 See Figures 4.3 and 4.4. 1.6

4

1.4

1.2

3

1

0.8

2

0.6

0.4

1

0.2

–3

–2

–1

0

1

2

x

–4

3

–2

2

4 t

Fig. 4.3. Graph of G (direct case)

Fig. 4.4. Graph of g (direct case)

Now using the inverse Fourier transform we have 

1

β −1



2

|x(t)| dt ≤

∞



g(t)|x(t)|2 dt = 2π

−∞

G(ωk − ωn )xk xn .

k,n∈K

Since |ωk −ωn | ≥ π for k = n by the gap condition (4.5), and thus G(ωk −ωn ) = 0, our estimate reduces to  1 β |x(t)|2 dt ≤ 2πG(0) |xk |2 . −1

k∈K

This inequality remains valid for every translate I0 +t0 of I0 := [−1, 1]. Indeed, putting

 xk eiωk t0 eiωk t , y(t) := x(t + t0 ) = k∈K

we have

 β I0 +t0

|x(t)|2 dt = β



|y(t)|2 dt

I0

≤ 2πG(0)



xk eiωk t0 2 k∈K

= 2πG(0)



|xk |2 .

k∈K 6 7

An easy computation shows that 2G(x) = sin x + (π − x) cos x for 0 ≤ x ≤ π. We can choose β = π 2 /4 according to the preceding footnote.

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Now, every interval I can be covered by a finite number of translates I0 +t1 ,. . . , I0 + tm of I0 . Hence (4.8) follows with c = 2mπG(0)/β: 

2

|x(t)| dt ≤ I

m  j=1

I0 +tj

|x(t)|2 dt ≤

2mπG(0) |xk |2 . β k∈K

Proof of the inverse inequality for γ = π. Choose R > 1 arbitrarily and set G := R2 H ∗ H + H
∗ H
. Then G is again a continuous even function, vanishing outside the interval (−π, π).8 Furthermore, its Fourier transform 

g(t) = R2 − t2 h(t)2 is continuous, negative outside the interval I0 = [−R, R], and hence √ bounded from above by some constant α: see Figures 4.5 and 4.6 for R = 2. 8 1.8

1.6

6 1.4

1.2

4

1

0.8

0.6

2

0.4

0.2

–4 –3

–2

–1

0

–2

0

2

4 t

1

x

2

3

Fig. 4.5. Graph of G (inverse case)

Fig. 4.6. Graph of g (inverse case)

Hence 2πG(0)





|xk |2 = 2π

k∈K



G(ωk − ωn )xk xn

k,n∈K ∞

g(t)|x(t)|2 dt

= −∞



≤α

|x(t)|2 dt.

I0 8

An easy computation shows that 2G(x) = (R2 + 1) sin x + (R2 − 1)(π − x) cos x for 0 ≤ x ≤ π.

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Since9 G(0) > 0, we conclude that k∈K

α |xk | ≤ 2πG(0) 2



|x(t)|2 dt. I0

This estimate remains valid for every translate I0 + t0 . Indeed, putting

 xk eiωk t0 eiωk t y(t) := x(t + t0 ) = k∈K

again, we have

|xk |2 =

k∈K



xk eiωk t0 2 k∈K

 α |y(t)|2 dt 2πG(0) I0  α = |x(t)|2 dt. 2πG(0) I0 +t0

≤

Since every (closed) interval I of length > 2 is a translate of [−R, R] for a suitable R > 1, the proof of (4.9) is complete. Proof of (4.6) for finite sums in the general case. If γ = π, then, by setting ωk
:= (π/γ)ωk , we see that the new sequence satisfies the uniform gap condition (4.5) with γ
= π instead of γ, so that 



2

xk eiωk t dt
|xk |2

I
k∈K

k∈K

for every interval I
of length |I
| > 2. Now if I is an interval of length |I| > 2π/γ, then the interval I
:= (γ/π)I satisfies |I
| > 2. Therefore, the desired estimates follow by a simple linear change of variable:   

2



2 π

|x(t)|2 dt = xk eiωk t dt = xk eiωk t dt
|xk |2 .

γ I
I I k∈K

k∈K

k∈K

Proof of (4.6) for square-summable coefficients. Now consider a series of the form (4.7) with square-summable coefficients: x(t) = xk eiωk t with |xk |2 < ∞. (4.10) k∈K 9

k∈K 2

Indeed, we have G(0) = (R −1)π/2 > 0 either directly from the explicit formula R π/2 R∞ or because G(0) = −∞ R2 H 2 − (H
)2 dx = −π/2 R2 cos2 x − sin2 x dx.

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Let us rearrange the series so that K = {1, 2, . . . }. First we show that the series (4.7) converges in L2 (I) for every interval I, so that x(t) is well defined in L2 (I). It suffices to show that the partial sums sp (t) =

p

xk eiωk t

k=1

form a Cauchy sequence in L2 (I). This follows from the already proved direct inequality, applied to the finite sums sp − sq , p > q. Indeed, we have sp − sq 2L2 (I) ≤ c

p

|xk |2 ,

k=q+1

and the right-hand sides tend to zero as p, q → ∞ by (4.10). Now applying (4.6) to the (finite) partial sums sp , we have  p p

2

xk eiωk t dt |xk |2 .

I k=1

k=1

Letting p → ∞, (4.6) follows for x.

4.3 Strings with Free Endpoints II Proposition 4.2 (p. 59) is not optimal, because we did not allow all natural initial data u0 ∈ H 1 (0,
) and u1 ∈ L2 (0,
). Now we prove a more complete result: Proposition 4.4. Let I be an interval of length |I| > 2
. The solutions of (4.1) satisfy the estimates u(·, 0)2H 1 (I) u(·,
)2H 1 (I) E(0) for all initial data u0 ∈ H 1 (0,
) and u1 ∈ L2 (0,
). Our proof will be based on a slight generalization of an important theorem due to Haraux [48]. Let (λk )k∈K be a family of complex numbers satisfying sup|λk | < ∞, and for some k0 ∈ K the gap condition γ0 := inf |λk − λk0 | > 0. k=k0

4.3 Strings with Free Endpoints II

Theorem 4.5. Assume that for some interval I0 we have  |x(t)|2 dt |xk |2 I0

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(4.11)

k∈K\{k0 }

for all finite sums of the form

x(t) =

xk eλk t

(4.12)

k∈K\{k0 }

with complex coefficients xk . Then for every interval I of length |I| > |I0 |, we also have  |x(t)|2 dt |β|2 + |xk |2 (4.13) I

k∈K

for all sums of the form x(t) = βteλ0 t +



xk eλk t

(4.14)

k∈K

with β ∈ C and with square-summable complex coefficients xk . Remark. Originally Haraux considered this problem with β = 0 and with purely imaginary numbers λk . However, his proof easily extends to the more general case considered here. A stronger generalization will be given later, in Section 6.2, p. 92. We shall prove this theorem in the next section. Assuming its validity for the moment, let us establish a strengthening of Ingham’s Theorem 4.3: Theorem 4.6. Let (ωk )k∈K be a family of real numbers, satisfying the uniform gap condition γ := inf |ωk − ω | > 0, k=

and set

γ
:= sup

inf

A⊂K k,∈K\A k=

|ωk − ω |,

where A runs over the finite subsets of K. If I is a bounded interval I of length |I| > 2π/γ
, then  |x(t)|2 dt |xk |2 I

k∈K

for all functions given by the sum x(t) =



xk eiωk t

k∈K

with square-summable complex coefficients xk .

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Remark. Of course, we always have γ
≥ γ, but sometimes this inequality is strict, and this leads to an improvement of Ingham’s original result by allowing shorter intervals I. As an illustration, let us give two simple examples: • •

If ωk = k for all integers k, then γ = γ
= 1. If ωk = k 3 for all integers k, then γ = 1 but γ
= ∞.

Proof. Given an interval I = (a, b) satisfying |I| > 2π/γ
, choose a finite subset A = {k1 , . . . , km } of K such that |I| > 2π/γA with γA :=

inf k,∈K\A k=

|ωk − ω |.

Furthermore, choose an interval I0 = (a + mδ, b − mδ) whose closure belongs to I and whose length is still strictly larger than 2π/γA . Applying Ingham’s theorem, we obtain that  |x(t)|2 dt |xk |2 I0

k∈K\A

for all finite sums of the form x(t) =



xk eωk t .

k∈K\A

Applying Theorem 4.5 repeatedly with λ0 = iωj for j = m − 1, m − 2, . . . , 0, we obtain that 

b−jδ



|x(t)|2 dt

a+jδ

|xk |2

k∈K\{k1 ,...,kj }

for all finite sums of the form x(t) =



xk eωk t .

k∈K\{k1 ,...,kj }

For j = 0 this is the result we were looking for. Now we can prove Proposition 4.4: Proof of Proposition 4.4. For part (a) we repeat the proof of Proposition 4.2, by applying Theorem 4.6 instead of Theorem 4.3 at the end. If ωk = 0 for some k, then we conclude by applying Theorem 4.5 again. Remark. The above proof can be easily modified to prove the following variant of Proposition 4.4: the solutions of (4.1) satisfy the estimates u(·, 0)2L2(I) u(·,
)2L2 (I) E−1 (0)

4.4 Proof of Haraux’s Theorem

69

for all initial data u0 ∈ L2 (0,
) and u1 ∈ D−1 , where we use the notation D−1 and E−1 (t) introduced in Section 3.3 (p. 45). Indeed, it is equivalent to the estimate (see (4.3), p. 59)  ∞ ∞

2



k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) dt I k=1

k=1

established above. More generally, infinitely many variants of Proposition 4.4 may be obtained by using the fact that if u is a solution of (4.1), then ∆m u and the time derivative u(m) of u is also a solution of (4.1) for every positive integer m, with suitably modified initial data. The same remark can be made for all observability results obtained in the sequel.

4.4 Proof of Haraux’s Theorem In order to avoid the problems of convergence, first we prove the estimates (4.13) for finite sums. The general case then will follow by an easy approximation argument. By rearranging the terms if necessary, we may assume that K is the set of nonnegative integers and k0 = 0. Proof of the direct part of (4.13). First we note that (4.11) remains valid for every translate I0 + t0 of I0 . Indeed, putting y(t) := x(t + t0 ) =

∞

 xk eλk t0 eλk t , k=1

we have  I0 +t0

|x(t)|2 dt =



|y(t)|2 dt

I

∞ ∞

xk eλk t0 2 |xk |2 . k=1

k=1

In the last step we used the boundedness of the sequence (λk ). Next we prove the direct part of (4.13), i.e., the inequality  ∞  |x(t)|2 dt ≤ c |β|2 + |xk |2 . I

k=0

If I is a translate of I0 , then writing I = I0 + t0 and using the decomposition (4.14), we have the elementary inequality   ∞

2

λ t 2 λ t 2



2 0 0 0 0

|x(t)| dt ≤ 3 + x0 e + xk eλk t dt βte I0 +t0

I0 +t0

 ≤ c |β|2 + |x0 |2 + 3



k=1

∞



2

xk eλk t dt

I0 +t0 k=1

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with a suitable constant c, depending only on the interval I0 + t0 . Using the assumption (4.11) for the last integral, we conclude that 

∞  2 |x(t)| dt ≤ c |β| + |xk |2 2

I0 +t0

k=0

with a possibly bigger constant c. Finally, every interval I can be covered by a finite number of translates I1 , I2 ,. . . , In of I0 . Denoting the corresponding constants by c1 , . . . , cn and setting c := c1 + · · · + cn , we have 

2

|x(t)| dt ≤

n 

I

j=1

≤

n

|x(t)|2 dt

Ij ∞  cj |β|2 + |xk |2

j=1

k=0



= c |β|2 +

∞

|xk |2 .

k=0

Proof of the inverse part of (4.13). Given I with |I| > |I0 |, choose a translate (a, b) of I0 and a real number δ > 0 such that (a − δ, b + δ) ⊂ I. For x given by (4.14), the formula 1 y(t) := x(t) − 2δ



δ

e−λ0 s x(t + s) ds

−δ

defines a function y of the form (4.12): an easy computation shows that y(t) =

∞  ∞ sinh(λk − λ0 )δ  1− xk eλk t =: yk eλk t . (λk − λ0 )δ

k=1

k=1

As a consequence of our gap assumption γ0 > 0 we may also assume (by slightly changing δ if necessary) that

sinh(λk − λ0 )δ

2

ε := inf 1 −

> 0. k≥1 (λk − λ0 )δ Then using the assumption (4.11) we have ∞ k=1

|xk |2 ≤ ε−1

∞ k=1

|yk |2 ≤ c1



b a

|y(t)|2 dt

(4.15)

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with a suitable constant c1 . Furthermore,

1  δ

2

|y(t)|2 ≤ 2|x(t)|2 + 2 e−λ0 s x(t + s) ds 2δ −δ  e2| λ0 |δ δ 2 ≤ 2|x(t)| + |x(t + s)|2 ds δ −δ  e2| λ0 |δ t+δ = 2|x(t)|2 + |x(s)|2 ds, δ t−δ so that  b  b   e2| λ0 |δ b t+δ |y(t)|2 dt ≤ 2 |x(t)|2 dt + |x(s)|2 ds dt δ a a a t−δ  b   e2| λ0 |δ b+δ min(b,s+δ) =2 |x(t)|2 dt + |x(s)|2 dt ds δ a a−δ max(a,s−δ)  b+δ  b |x(t)|2 dt + 2e2| λ0 |δ |x(s)|2 ds ≤2 a a−δ  

|x(s)|2 ds. ≤ 2 + 2e2| λ0 |δ I

Combining this result with (4.15), we conclude that ∞

|xk |2 ≤ c2



|x(s)|2 ds

(4.16)

I

k=1

with a suitable constant c2 . This is still slightly weaker than the inverse part of (4.13), because β and x0 are missing on the left-hand side. It remains to establish the estimate  (4.17) |β|2 + |x0 |2 ≤ c3 |x(s)|2 ds I

with a suitable constant c3 . For this, first we note that using the decomposition (4.14), we have |β|2 + |x0 |2 ≤ c4



|βt + x0 |2 dt ≤ 2c4

I



∞

2



|x(t)|2 + xk eλk t dt

I

k=1

with some constant c4 . Since using our assumption (4.11) and then (4.16) we have   ∞ ∞

2

λk t 2 xk e dt ≤ c5 |xk | ≤ 4c2 c5 |x(s)|2 ds

I k=1

k=1

I

with another constant c5 , we deduce from the preceding inequality that

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|β|2 + |x0 |2 ≤ c4



|βt + x0 |2 dt ≤ 2c4



I

|x(t)|2 dt + 8c2 c4 c5



I

|x(t)|2 . I

Thus (4.17) holds with c3 := 2c4 + 8c2 c4 c5 . End of the proof of the theorem. Now consider a series of the form (4.12) with square-summable coefficients: x(t) = βteλ0 t +

∞

xk eλk t ,

k=0

∞

|xk |2 < ∞.

(4.18)

k=0

First we show that the series (4.18) converges in L2 (I) for every interval I, so that x(t) is well-defined in L2 (I). It suffices to show that the partial sums sn (t) = βteλ0 t +

n

xk eλk t ,

n = 0, 1, . . . ,

k=0

form a Cauchy sequence in L2 (I). This follows from (4.13) applied to the finite sums sn − sm , n > m. Indeed, we have  n 2 |sn (t) − sm (t)| dt ≤ c |xk |2 , I

k=m+1

and the right-hand side tends to zero as m, n → ∞ by (4.18). Now applying (4.13) for the (finite) partial sums sn , we have  n |sn (t)|2 dt |β|2 + |xk |2 . I

k=0

Letting n → ∞, we see that (4.13) follows for the function x(t).

4.5 Strings with Fixed Endpoints or with Mixed Boundary Conditions The proof of Proposition 4.4 can easily be adapted to other boundary conditions. Let us formulate here two variants. 4.5.1 String with Fixed Endpoints We consider the following system, a particular case of that studied in Section 3.2 (p. 38): ⎧ utt − uxx + au = 0 in R × (0,
), ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u(t, 0) = u(t,
) = 0 for t ∈ R, (4.19) ⎪ u(0, x) = u0 (x) for x ∈ (0,
), ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ for x ∈ (0,
). ut (0, x) = u1 (x)

4.5 Strings with Fixed Endpoints or with Mixed Boundary Conditions

Setting µk := kπ/
, and E(t) :=

1 2



 0

ωk :=

73

 µ2k + a,

|ux (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx,

we have the following special case of Proposition 3.2 (p. 40): Proposition 4.7. If u0 ∈ H01 (0,
)

and

u1 ∈ L2 (0,
),

then (4.19) has a unique solution satisfying u ∈ C(R; H01 (0,
)) ∩ C 1 (R; L2 (0,
)). It is given by a series10 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) sin µk x

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, we have E(0)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two strictly positive functions c3 , c4 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c3 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c4 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proposition 4.8. Given an interval I of length |I| > 2
, we have ux (·, 0)2L2 (I) ux (·,
)2L2 (I) E(0) for all solutions of (4.19), corresponding to arbitrary initial data u0 ∈ H01 (0,
) 10

and

u1 ∈ L2 (0,
).

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t. Note that this cannot happen for more than one index k.

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Proof. This is an easy adaptation of the proof of Proposition 4.4 (p. 68), by using the orthogonal basis sin µk x,

k = 1, 2, . . . ,

of L2 (0,
) and H01 (0,
) instead of the corresponding cosine functions as before. Remark. If a = 0 in (4.19), then we may apply Parseval’s equality instead of Ingham’s theorem, as in the Introduction. Therefore, Proposition 4.8 also holds in this case for intervals I having critical length |I| = 2
. The same remark applies to all results in the rest of this chapter. 4.5.2 String with Mixed Boundary Conditions Now consider the case of one free and one ⎧ utt − uxx + au = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u(t, 0) = u (t,
) = 0 x ⎪ u(0, x) = u 0 (x) ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ ut (0, x) = u1 (x)

fixed endpoint: in R × (0,
), for t ∈ R, for x ∈ (0,
), for x ∈ (0,
).

(4.20)

Introducing the Hilbert spaces H := L2 (0,
), and setting

V := {v ∈ H 1 (0,
) : v(0) = 0},

 1 π , µk := k − 2


and 1 E(t) := 2



 0

ωk :=

 µ2k + a,

|ux (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx,

we have the following special case of Proposition 3.4 (p. 47): Proposition 4.9. If u0 ∈ V

and

u1 ∈ H,

then (4.20) has a unique solution satisfying u ∈ C(R; V ) ∩ C 1 (R; H). It is given by a series11 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) sin µk x

k=1 11

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t. This cannot happen for more than one index k.

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with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, we have E(0)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two strictly positive functions c3 , c4 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c3 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c4 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. Proposition 4.10. Given an interval I of length |I| > 2
, we have ux (·, 0)2L2 (I) u(·,
)2H 1 (I) E(0) for all solutions of (4.20), corresponding to arbitrary initial data u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H. Proof. This is another easy adaptation of the proof of Proposition 4.4 (p. 68), by using this time the orthogonal basis sin µk x,

k = 1, 2, . . . ,

of H and V .

4.6 Observation at Both Ends: Free or Fixed Endpoints It is natural to expect that a shorter observation time is sufficient if we can observe simultaneously both endpoints of the string. Indeed, half the time is sufficient in this case, but the proofs present unexpected new difficulties. Let us consider here the cases of two free or two fixed endpoints; the case of mixed boundary conditions will be investigated in the next section. 4.6.1 Free Endpoints Consider again the system of Section 4.1 (p. 57): ⎧ utt − uxx + au = 0 in R × (0,
), ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u (t, 0) = u (t,
) = 0 for t ∈ R, x x ⎪ u(0, x) = u0 (x) for x ∈ (0,
), ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ for x ∈ (0,
), ut (0, x) = u1 (x)

(4.21)

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with the energy defined by  1  |u(t, x)|2 + |ux (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx. E(t) := 2 0 We have the following variant of Proposition 4.4 (p. 66): Proposition 4.11. If I is an interval of length |I| >
, then the solutions of (4.21) satisfy the estimates u(·, 0)2H 1 (I) + u(·,
)2H 1 (I) E(0) for all u0 ∈ H 1 (0,
) and u1 ∈ L2 (0,
). Proof. We recall from Proposition 4.1 (p. 58) that this problem has a unique solution for all initial data u0 ∈ H 1 (0,
) and u1 ∈ L2 (0,
), and that it is given by the series12 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) cos µk x,

k=1

with µk = (k − 1)π/
and ωk =

 µ2k + a

and with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that E(0)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Thus we have to establish the estimates u(·, 0)2H 1 (I) + u(·,
)2H 1 (I)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 .

(4.22)

k=1

Assume first that ωk = 0 for all k. Putting ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t f (t) := k=2,4,...

and g(t) :=



ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t

k=1,3,...

for brevity, we have the following algebraic equalities: |u(t, 0)|2 + |u(0,
)|2 = |f (t) + g(t)|2 + |f (t) − g(t)|2 = 2|f (t)|2 + 2|g(t)|2 . 12

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t. This can happen for at most one index k.

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77

Now applying Theorem 4.6 (p. 67), we obtain that  |f (t)|2 dt |ak |2 + |a−k |2 I



and

k=2,4,...

|g(t)|2 dt

I



|ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1,3,...




because we have γ = 2π/
for both families {±ωk : k = 2, 4, . . . } and {±ωk : k = 1, 3, . . . }, and |I| >
= 2π/γ
. Taking into account the above equality, we conclude that 

|u(t, 0)|2 + |u(0,
)|2 dt

I

∞

|ak |2 + |a−k |2 .

k=1

Using the formula ut (t, x) =

∞

(iωk ak eiωk t − iωk a−k e−iωk t ) cos µk x,

k=1

we obtain in a similar way that  ∞

 |ut (t, 0)|2 + |ut (0,
)|2 dt |ωk |2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 . I

k=1

Since |ωk |2 k 2 , by adding the last two relations we obtain (4.22). If ωk = 0 for some k, then we conclude (4.22) again by a further application of Theorem 4.5 (p. 67). 4.6.2 Fixed Endpoints The case of the system ⎧ utt − uxx + au = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u(t, 0) = u(t,
) = 0 ⎪ u(0, x) = u0 (x) ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ ut (0, x) = u1 (x)

in R × (0,
), for t ∈ R, for x ∈ (0,
), for x ∈ (0,
),

is analogous. Setting 1 E(t) := 2



 0

|ux (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx,

we have the following variant of Proposition 4.8 (p. 73):

(4.23)

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Proposition 4.12. If I is an interval of length |I| >
, then all solutions of (4.23) satisfy the estimates ux (·, 0)2L2 (I) + ux (·,
)2L2 (I) E(0). Proof. We recall from Proposition 4.7 (p. 73) that the problem (4.23) has a unique solution for all initial data u0 ∈ H01 (0,
) and u1 ∈ L2 (0,
), given by the series13 ∞ u(t, x) = (ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) sin µk x, k=1

with µk = kπ/
and ωk = and that E(0)

∞

 µ2k + a,

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 .

k=1

Therefore, we have to establish the estimates ux(·, 0)2L2 (I) + ux (·,
)2L2 (I)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 .

k=1

Assume first that ωk = 0 for all k. Putting µk (ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) f (t) := k=2,4,...

and g(t) :=



µk (ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )

k=1,3,...

for brevity, we have the following algebraic equalities: |ux (t, 0)|2 + |ux (0,
)|2 ∞



2

= µk (ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) k=1 ∞



+

2

(−1)k µk (ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )

k=1

= |f (t) + g(t)|2 + |f (t) − g(t)|2 = 2|f (t)|2 + 2|g(t)|2 . Hence we have to prove the relation 13

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t. This can happen for at most one index k.

4.7 Observation at Both Endpoints: Mixed Boundary Conditions



|f (t)|2 + |g(t)|2 dt

I

∞

79

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 .

k=1

We prove again a little more, by establishing separately that 

 |f (t)|2 dt k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 I

and



k=2,4,...

|g(t)|2 dt

I



 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 .

k=1,3,...

Both relations follow by applying Theorem 4.6 (p. 67), because we have γ
= 2π/
for both families {±ωk : k = 2, 4, . . . } and {±ωk : k = 1, 3, . . . }, and |I| >
= 2π/γ
. If ωk = 0 for some k, then we conclude by another application of Theorem 4.5 (p. 67).

4.7 Observation at Both Endpoints: Mixed Boundary Conditions The case of the system ⎧ utt − uxx + au = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u(t, 0) = u (t,
) = 0 x ⎪ u(0, x) = u 0 (x) ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ ut (0, x) = u1 (x)

in R × (0,
), for t ∈ R, for x ∈ (0,
), for x ∈ (0,
),

(4.24)

presents unexpected new difficulties. Setting H := L2 (0,
) and V := {v ∈ H 1 (0,
) : v(0) = 0} and E(t) :=

1 2



 0

|ux (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx,

we have the following result: Proposition 4.13. If T >
, then the solutions of (4.24) satisfy the estimates ux (·, 0)2L2 (0,T ) + u(·,
)2H 1 (0,T ) E(0) for all u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H.

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Beginning of the proof. We recall from Proposition 4.9 (p. 74) that this problem has a unique solution for all initial data u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H. Furthermore, it is given by the series14 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) sin µk x

k=1

  1 π and ωk = µ2k + a µk = k − 2
and with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that with

E(0)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Thus we have to establish the estimates  ∞

 |ux (·, 0)|2 + |u(·,
)|2 + |ut (·,
)|2 dt k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 . I

k=1

Repeating the usual computations, we have ux (t, 0) = u(t, 0) =

∞ k=1 ∞

µk (ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ), (−1)k−1 (ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ),

k=1

and ut (t, 0) =

∞

(−1)k−1 iωk (ak eiωk t − a−k e−iωk t ).

k=1

Now there are two obstacles for the application of the algebraic manipulation to separate the odd and even indices: • •

the sign change between ak eiωk t − a−k e−iωk t and ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ; the difference of the factors ωk and µk .

Instead of overcoming these difficulties here by “brute force,” we solve only the special case in which equation (4.24) contains no lower-order term, by applying another method. The general case will be addressed later, in Section 6.3: see Proposition 6.6 on page 103. 14 If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t. There is at most one such k.

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Proposition 4.14. Let a = 0. If T ≥
, then the solutions of (4.24) satisfy the estimates ux (·, 0)2L2 (0,T ) + u(·,
)2H 1 (0,T ) E(0) for all u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H. Remark. Note that the estimates also hold in the limiting case T =
. Proof. In this case, the solution of (4.24) is given by d’Alembert’s formula15 u(t, x) = f (x + t) + g(x − t) with two suitable functions f and g of one real variable, depending on the initial and boundary conditions. Since the sum f (x + t) + g(x − t) does not change if we replace f and g by f + C and g − C for some constant C, we may assume without loss of generality that f (
) = g(
). The boundary and initial conditions are equivalent to the following conditions on f and g: ⎧ f (t) + g(−t) = 0 for t ∈ R, ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨f
(
+ t) + g
(
− t) = 0 for t ∈ R, ⎪ for x ∈ (0,
), f (x) + g(x) = u0 (x) ⎪ ⎪ ⎩

f (x) − g (x) = u1 (x) for x ∈ (0,
). In view of the equality f (
) = g(
), the second condition is equivalent to f (
+ t) − g(
− t) = 0 for

t ∈ R.

We use the first equality to eliminate g. Thus we obtain u(t, x) = f (t + x) − f (t − x), where f satisfies the following conditions: ⎧ ⎪ ⎨f (t +
) + f (t −
) = 0 f (x) − f (−x) = u0 (x) ⎪ ⎩
f (x) − f
(−x) = u1 (x)

for t ∈ R, for x ∈ (0,
), for x ∈ (0,
).

Introducing an arbitrary primitive U1 of u1 , integrating the last condition, and combining the result with the second condition, we obtain that 15

The method of d’Alembert applies only to the one-dimensional wave equation without lower-order terms. On the other hand, in this very particular case it is the simplest method in general. It can often be used to discover more general conjectures, which then could be proved by another method.

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2f (s) = u0 (s) + U1 (s) for s ∈ (0,
), 2f (s) = −u0 (−s) + U1 (−s) for s ∈ (−
, 0).

Furthermore, using also the first condition above, we deduce the additional relation 2f (s) = u0 (2
− s) − U1 (2
− s) for s ∈ (
, 2
). It follows that in the triangle16 L := {(t, x) : x > 0 and x < t <
− x} the solution is given by the formula 2u(t, x) = u0 (x + t) + U1 (x + t) − u0 (t − x) − U1 (t − x), while in the triangle R := {(t, x) : x <


and
− x < t < x}

we have 2u(t, x) = u0 (2
− x − t) − U1 (2
− x − t) + u0 (x − t) − U1 (x − t). It follows from these formulae that ux (t, 0) = u
0 (t) + u1 (t) and

ut (t,
) = −u
0 (
− t) + u1 (
− t)

for all 0 < t <
. Hence     |ux (t, 0)|2 + |ut (t,
)|2 dt = |ux (t, 0)|2 + |ut (
,
− t)|2 dt 0

0





= 0

|u
0 + u1 |2 + |u
0 − u1 |2 dt



=2 0

16



|u
0 |2 + |u1 |2 dt.

The letters L and R stand for “left” and “right”; make a figure.

5 Observability of Beams

In this chapter we apply the methods developed in the preceding chapter to the study of beams. One of the main differences between strings and beams is that the propagation speed in strings is finite, while it is infinite in beams. It is reflected in the results in which we determine the critical optimality time. Throughout this chapter it will be convenient to use the notation µk := √ 4 γ ; then 1 + µ k k k.

5.1 Guided Beams First we improve and generalize Proposition 1.2 (p. 5). Fix a positive number
, a real number a, and consider the one-dimensional case of the system of Section 3.6 (p. 50): ⎧ in R × (0,
), utt + uxxxx + au = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u (t, 0) = u (t, 0) = u (t,
) = u (t,
) = 0 for t ∈ R, x xxx x xxx (5.1) ⎪ u(0, x) = u (x) for x ∈ (0,
), 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ for x ∈ (0,
). ut (0, x) = u1 (x) Introducing the Hilbert spaces H := L2 (0,
) and V := {u ∈ H 2 (0,
) : ux (0) = ux (
) = 0},

uV :=

putting µk := (k − 1)π/
, and E(t) :=

1 2

 0



ωk :=

 0



1/2 |u|2 +|uxx |2 dx ,

 µ4k + a,

|u(t, x)|2 + |uxx (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx,

we have the following special case of Proposition 3.6 (p. 51):

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Proposition 5.1. If u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H, then (5.1) has a unique solution u ∈ C(R; V ) ∩ C 1 (R; H). It is given by a series1 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) cos µk x

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 k 4 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, we have E(0)

∞

 k 4 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two strictly positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c2 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. It turns out that by observing only one endpoint during an arbitrarily short time, one can already distinguish all different initial data: Proposition 5.2. For every fixed (arbitrarily short) interval I, all solutions of (5.1) satisfy the estimates u(·, 0)2H 1 (I) u(·,
)2H 1 (I) E(0). Proof. By symmetry we consider only the case of the left endpoint. In view of the preceding proposition we have only to establish the following estimate: 

|u(t, 0)|2 + |ut (t, 0)|2 dt

I

∞

 k 4 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 .

(5.2)

k=1

If none of the numbers ωk vanishes, then |ωk | k 2 , so that we may apply Theorem 4.6 (p. 67) with γ
= ∞. It follows that  ∞ ∞

2

|u(t, 0)| dt = ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t dt |ak |2 + |a−k |2



2

I 1

I k=1

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak e

k=1 iωk t

+a−k e

−iωk t

is replaced by ak +a−k t.

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85

and 

 ∞

2

iωk ak eiωk t − iωk a−k e−iωk t dt

|ut (t, 0)|2 dt =

I

I k=1 ∞

ωk 4 |ak |2

 + |a−k |2 .

k=1

Since 1 + ωk 4 k 4 , by adding the two inequalities we obtain (5.2). If ωk = 0 for some k, then a further application of Theorem 4.5 (p. 67) yields (5.2) again. Remark. As we explained in a remark at the end of Section 4.4 (p. 68), the above proposition admits infinitely many variants. For example, using the notation of Section 3.6 (p. 50), the solutions of (5.1) satisfy the estimates u(·, 0)2L2(I) u(·,
)2L2 (I) E−2 (0) on every interval I, for all initial data u0 ∈ D0 = L2 (0,
) and u0 ∈ D−2 .

5.2 Hinged Beams Now we study the more realistic model of simply supported beams. Fix a positive number
, a real number a, and consider the one-dimensional case of the system considered in Section 3.5 (p. 48): ⎧ utt + uxxxx + au = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u(t, 0) = u (t, 0) = u(t,
) = u (t,
) = 0 xx xx ⎪ u(0, x) = u (x) 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ ut (0, x) = u1 (x) Putting µk := kπ/
, and E−1 (t) :=

1 2

 0



ωk :=

in for for for

R × (0,
), t ∈ R, x ∈ (0,
), x ∈ (0,
).

(5.3)

 µ4k + a,

|ux (t, x)|2 + |(∆−1 ut (t, x))x |2 dx,

we have the following special case of the variant s = −1 of Proposition 3.5 (p. 48; see also the end of Section 3.5, p. 50): Proposition 5.3. If u0 ∈ H01 (0,
) and u1 ∈ H −1 (0,
), then (5.3) has a unique solution u ∈ C(R; H01 (0,
)) ∩ C 1 (R; H −1 (0,
)).

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It is given by a series2 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) sin µk x

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, we have E−1 (0)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and there exist two strictly positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E−1 (0) ≤ E−1 (t) ≤ c2 (t)E−1 (0) for all t ∈ R. We have again observability by using only one endpoint and for an arbitrarily short time interval: Proposition 5.4. For every fixed (arbitrarily short) interval I, all solutions of (5.3) satisfy the estimates ux (·, 0)2L2 (I) ux (·,
)2L2 (I) E−1 (0). Proof. As above, by symmetry we consider only the case of the left endpoint. In view of the preceding proposition we have to establish the following estimate:  ∞

 |ux (t, 0)|2 dt k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 . (5.4) I

k=1

If ωk = 0 for all k, then we may apply Theorem 4.6 (p. 67) with γ
= ∞ because |ωk | k 2 ; it follows that   ∞ ∞

iω t  2



2 −iωk t k |ux (t, 0)| dt = µk ak e +a−k e k 2 |ak |2 +|a−k |2 .

dt I

I k=1

k=1

If ωk = 0 for some k, then (5.4) follows again by a further application of Theorem 4.5 (p. 67). Remark. There again exist many variants of this proposition. For example, with the notation of Section 3.5 (p. 48), the solutions of (5.3) satisfy the estimates uxxx(·, 0)2L2 (I) uxxx(·,
)2L2 (I) E1 (0) on every interval I, for all initial data u0 ∈ D3 and u0 ∈ D1 . 2

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

5.3 Mixed Boundary Conditions

87

5.3 Mixed Boundary Conditions Consider finally the case of mixed boundary conditions, a special case of the system studied in Section 3.7 (p. 52): ⎧ utt + uxxxx + au = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u(t, 0) = u (t, 0) = u (t,
) = u (t,
) = 0 xx x xxx ⎪ u(0, x) = u (x) 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ ut (0, x) = u1 (x)

in R × (0,
), for t ∈ R, for x ∈ (0,
), for x ∈ (0,
).

(5.5)

Putting  1 π , µk := k −  2
ωk := µ4k + a,  1  E(t) := |u(t, x)|2 + |uxx (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx, 2 0 and introducing the Hilbert spaces H = L2 (0,
) and 2




V := {v ∈ H (0,
) : v(0) = v (
) = 0},

vV :=

 0



1/2 |v|2 + |vxx |2 dx ,

we have the following special case of Proposition 3.7 (p. 52): Proposition 5.5. If u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H, then (5.5) has a unique solution u ∈ C(R; V ) ∩ C 1 (R; H). It is given by a series3 u(t, x) =

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) sin µk x

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that ∞

 k 4 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

Moreover, we have E(0)

∞

 k 4 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1 3

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

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and there exist two strictly positive functions c1 , c2 : R → R, independent of the choice of the initial data, such that c1 (t)E(0) ≤ E(t) ≤ c2 (t)E(0) for all t ∈ R. We have analogous observability results as in the preceding cases: Proposition 5.6. For every fixed (arbitrarily short) interval I, all solutions of (5.1) satisfy the estimates ux (·, 0)2L2 (I) u(·,
)2H 1 (I) E(0). Proof. It is a straightforward adaptation of the proofs of Propositions 5.2 and 5.4, so it is left to the reader.

6 Vector Sum Estimates

We left some problems of the preceding two chapters unsolved. In order to solve them in an elegant way, we first generalize the main abstract Theorems 4.3 and 4.5 of Ingham and Haraux to the case of vector coefficients. They will also prove to be useful in various other observability problems. The first two sections of this chapter contain these generalizations, while the remainder of the chapter is devoted to applications. In order to make our book self-contained, at the end of the chapter we give a short introduction to the celebrated multiplier method, by presenting simplified proofs of two important theorems of J.-L. Lions on the observability of membranes and plates.

6.1 An Ingham-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions Let (ωk )k∈K be a family of real numbers satisfying for some positive integer M and for some real number γ > 0 the following weakened gap condition: no interval (ωk − γ, ωk + γ) contains more than M members of the family (ωk ). (6.1) Let (Ek )k∈K be a family of vectors in a complex Hilbert space H, and denote by Z the linear hull of these vectors. Let p(·, ·) be a given semiscalar product (positive semidefinite sesquilinear form) on Z, and denote by p(·) the corresponding seminorm. Theorem 6.1. Assume (6.1). For every bounded interval I of length |I| > 2π/γ, there exists a number η > 0 such that if |p(Ek , En )| ≤ ηp(Ek )p(En ) then all finite sums

whenever

|ωk − ωn | < γ

but

k = n, (6.2)

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U (t) =



Uk eiωk t Ek ,

Uk ∈ C,

k∈K

satisfy the estimates  I

p(U (t))2 dt



|Uk |2 p(Ek )2 .

(6.3)

k∈K

Remarks. • •

•

• •

For M = 1 the condition (6.2) is empty, so that we do not need any η. If X = C and p(x, y) = xy, then this result reduces to Ingham’s original theorem (p. 59). In comparison with Ingham’s theorem, for M > 1 the weakening of the gap condition is compensated by the quasi-orthogonality of the coefficients corresponding to close (or equal) exponents. The proof will provide an explicit value of η: setting R := |I|γ/(2π) and denoting by β the maximum of the function (R2 + 1) sin x + (R2 − 1)(π − x) on the interval [0, π], we may choose an η such that (M − 1)βη < (R2 − 1)π. As we shall see later in this chapter, this quasi-orthogonality property is often satisfied in the applications. This was first observed in [76]. We consider only finite sums, since p is assumed to be defined only on Z. However, once the estimate (6.3) is established, a standard density argument allows us to extend the integrals in (6.3) to more general functions, so that (6.3) is valid for all sums with square-summable coefficients. This theorem is stronger than Theorem 1.8 in [76], because here the quasiorthogonality is required for fewer pairs of indices. This will be achieved by applying Ingham’s “second method” instead of the first one, used before. An even more general result is established in [9], which covers the case of generalized eigenvectors. See also [101] for an application in which infinitely many generalized eigenvectors appear in a natural way.

The proof is an adaptation of the proof of Theorem 4.3. By the same arguments as there, • • •

we may assume without loss of generality that γ = π; it suffices to establish the direct inequality for one, arbitrarily short, interval; it suffices to prove the inverse inequality for the intervals (−R, R) with R > 1.

Let us choose the same functions H and h as in the proof of Theorem 4.3,  cos x if −π/2 < x < π/2, H(x) := 0 otherwise, and its Fourier transform h : R → R given by

6.1 An Ingham-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions



∞

h(t) :=

e−itx H(x) dx =

−∞

91

2 cos πt/2 . 1 − t2

In the proof we assume without loss of generality that p(Ek ) = 1 for all k. Indeed, terms with p(Ek ) = 0 do not contribute to either side of (6.3), while the other terms can be normalized. Then we have |p(Ek , En )| ≤ 1

for all k, n,

and (6.2) takes the form |p(Ek , En )| ≤ η

whenever |ωk − ωn | < γ

but

k = n.

Proof of the direct equality. We recall that G := H ∗ H is a continuous function, vanishing outside (−π, π) and attaining its maximum at 0, its Fourier transform g is continuous and nonnegative, and g ≥ 1 on some small interval (−r, r). Therefore, we have the following estimates: 

r

p(U (t))2 dt ≤



∞

g(t)p(U (t))2 dt = 2π Uk Un G(ωk − ωn )p(Ek , En )

−r

−∞

k,n∈K



= 2π

Uk Un G(ωk − ωn )p(Ek , En )

k,n∈K: |ωk −ωn |<γ



≤ 2πG(0)

k,n∈K: |ωk −ωn |<γ

≤ 2πG(0)M



|Uk |2 + |Un |2 2

|Uk |2 .

k∈K

In the last step we used that by assumption (6.1), no term |Uk |2 appears more than M times in the sum. Proof of the inverse equality. Now we recall that G := R2 H ∗ H + H
∗ H
is a continuous function, vanishing outside (−π, π), satisfying G(0) > 0, and thus having a positive maximum β, while its Fourier transform g is continuous, negative outside [−R, R], and hence bounded from above by some constant α. Therefore, we have the following estimates: 

R

α −R

p(U (t))2 dt ≥



∞

g(t)p(U (t))2 dt −∞ = 2π Uk Un G(ωk − ωn )p(Ek , En ) k,n∈K

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= 2π



Uk Un G(ωk − ωn )p(Ek , En )

k,n∈K: |ωk −ωn |<γ

 |Uk |2 + 2π = 2πG(0)



k∈K

k,n∈K: |ωk −ωn |<γ, k=n

 |Uk |2 − 2πβη ≥ 2πG(0) k∈K

Uk Un G(ωk − ωn )p(Ek , En )



|Uk Un |

k,n∈K: |ωk −ωn |<γ, k=n

∞  ≥ 2πG(0) |Uk |2 − 2πβη

|ωk −ωn |<γ k=n

k=−∞

|Uk |2 + |Un |2 2

  ≥ 2πG(0) |Uk |2 − 2π(M − 1)βη |Uk |2 k∈K

 = 2π G(0) − (M − 1)βη |Uk |2 .

k∈K

k∈K

With a sufficiently small η > 0 such that (M − 1)βη < G(0), the desired inequality follows.

6.2 An Haraux-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions We are going to generalize Theorem 4.5 of Haraux (p. 67). As in Chapter 3, we consider the solutions of the problem U
= AU,

U (0) = U0 ,

(6.4)

in an infinite-dimensional complex Hilbert space H, where A is an unbounded linear operator defined on some linear subspace of H, with values in H, satisfying hypothesis (RB) on page 34. We recall1 that the solutions of (6.4) are given by the series U (t) =

mk

Uk, Fk, (t)

k∈K =1

with Fk, (t) :=

−1 j λk t t e j=0

j!

Ek,−j ,

where the complex numbers Uk, are the coefficients of the initial value U0 in the Riesz basis: 1

See Theorem 3.1, p. 36.

6.2 An Haraux-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions

U0 =

mk

93

Uk, Ek, .

k∈K =1

As in the preceding section, we consider only finite sums, i.e., solutions corresponding to initial data belonging to the linear hull Z of the Riesz basis; we recall that in this case the solutions are of class C ∞ . For every finite subset A of K, it will be useful to denote by ZA the linear hull of the basis vectors Ek, with k ∈ K\A and
= 1, . . . , mk ; then ZA is a finite-codimensional subspace of Z. Notice that if U0 ∈ ZA , then the solution of (6.4) also has its values in ZA , and we have U (t) =

mk

Uk, Fk, (t) with

Fk, (t) :=

−1 j λk t t e j=0

k∈K\A =1

and U0 =

mk

j!

Ek,−j

Uk, Ek, .

k∈K\A =1

Now we are ready to state our theorem, first obtained in [77]: Theorem 6.2. Let us be given a finite number of seminorms p1 ,. . . , pm on Z. Assume that (i) There exist a finite subset A of K and intervals I1 ,. . . , Im such that the estimates m  pj (U (t))2 dt U0 2 (6.5) j=1

Ij

hold for all solutions of (6.4) with U0 ∈ ZA .
(ii) There exist intervals I1
,. . . , Im such that the estimates m  j=1

Ij


pj (U (t))2 dt U0 2

(6.6)

hold for all solutions of (6.4) with U0 ∈ Z such that AU0 = λk U0 for some k ∈ A. Then for any choice of intervals J1 ,. . . , Jm such that each Jj contains the closure of Ij in its interior, the estimates m  j=1

pj (U (t))2 dt U0 2 Jj

hold for all solutions of (6.4) with U0 ∈ Z.

(6.7)

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Remarks. • •

The use of several seminorms corresponds to various different types of observations, at different times. Notice that the lengths of the intervals Ij
do not affect the choice of the intervals Jj in the conclusion. This is natural, because if hypothesis (ii) is satisfied for some choice of the intervals Ij
, then it is also satisfied for any other choice. Indeed, hypothesis (ii) is equivalent to the following uniqueness property, where the intervals Ij
no longer appear: if AU0 = λk U0 for some k ∈ A and if p1 (U0 ) = · · · = pm (U0 ) = 0, then U0 = 0. The equivalence follows from the following relation, where U (t) = eλk t U0 denotes the solution of (6.4): m  j=1

•

Ij


pj (U (t))2 dt =

m 

λ t 2

e k dt pj (U0 )2 . j=1

(6.8)

Ij


Indeed, if hypothesis (ii) is satisfied and p1 (U0 ) = · · · = pm (U0 ) = 0, then the right-hand side vanishes; hence (6.6) and (6.8) imply that U0 = 0. Conversely, the uniqueness property implies that the square root of the left-hand side of (6.8) is a norm on the finite-dimensional subspace spanned by the eigenvectors figuring in hypothesis (ii), so that it is equivalent to the norm of H on this subspace. Let us emphasize a peculiar feature of the hypotheses of the theorem: if A is replaced by a bigger set, then the hypotheses are still satisfied; moreover, since a smaller set of initial values is considered, the estimates can hold with even shorter intervals Ij . This crucial observation often makes it possible to improve drastically the estimates of the sufficient observability time. See, e.g., [67], where many applications are given by using a special case of the above theorem. The proof consists of several steps.

Proof of the direct part of (6.7). We are going to establish the estimates2 m  j=1

pj (U (t))2 dt ≤ cU0 2

(6.9)

Jj

for all U0 ∈ Z and for all choices of the intervals Jj . Let us begin with the case Jj = Ij . Given U0 ∈ Z arbitrarily, we write the solution of (6.4) in the form U = V + W with mk Uk, Fk, (t), V0 = V (0), V (t) = k∈A =1 2

Here and in the sequel the letter c denotes various constants, independent of the particular choice of the initial data.

6.2 An Haraux-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions

and

mk

W (t) =

Uk, Fk, (t),

95

W0 = W (0).

k∈K\A =1

Applying our assumption (6.5) for W instead of U , we have m  j=1

pj (W (t))2 dt ≤ cW0 2 .

(6.10)

Ij

Furthermore, since V is given by a finite sum, we also have m 

pj (V (t))2 dt ≤ cV0 2 .

(6.11)

Ij

j=1

Indeed, using the definition of the seminorms we have m  j=1

pj (V (t))2 dt =

Ij

m  j=1

≤

≤c

mk 

Ij

m  j=1

pj

2 Uk, Fk, (t) dt

k∈A =1 mk 

Ij

|Uk, |

j=0

k∈A =1

mk

−1 |t|j eλk t

j!

2 pj (Ek,−j ) dt

|Uk, |2

k∈A =1

≤ cV0 2 . Now using the triangle inequality and then the Riesz basis property we conclude from (6.10) and (6.11) that m  j=1

pj (U (t))2 dt ≤ 2 Ij

m  j=1

pj (V (t))2 dt + 2 Ij 2

≤ 2cV0  + 2cW0  mk ≤c |Uk, |2 ≤

m  j=1

pj (W (t))2 dt Ij

2

k∈K =1 cU0 2 .

Now given m intervals J1 ,. . . , Jm arbitrarily, let us choose finitely many real numbers t1 ,. . . , tn such that for each j = 1, . . . , m the translates Ij + t1 , . . . , Ij + tn of the interval Ij cover the interval Jj . Then, taking into account the translation invariance of equation (6.4), we have

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2

pj (U (t)) dt ≤

Jj

n m  i=1 j=1

Ij +ti

pj (U (t))2 dt ≤ c

n U (ti )2 . i=1

The proof of (6.9) will be complete if we establish for every fixed t ∈ R the estimate U (t)2 ≤ c(t)U0 2 . This follows by a direct computation: using the Riesz basis property, we have mk  mk mk mk 2  t−i eλk t t−i eλk t

2 

 Ek,i  ≤ c Uk, Uk, U (t)2 = 

.

(
− i)! (
− i)! i=1 i=1 k∈K

=i

k∈K

=i

Since the sequences (mk ) and (λk ) are bounded, the last expression is majorized by mk c(t) |Uk,i |2 , k∈K i=1

and we conclude by applying the Riesz basis property again. The inverse inequality in (6.7) is considerably deeper. We begin with a technical lemma. Given δ > 0 and λ ∈ C arbitrarily, for every continuous function U : R → H we define, following Haraux [48], another continuous function Iδ,λ U : R → H by the formula Iδ,λ U (t) = U (t) −

1 2δ



δ

e−λs U (t + s) ds.

−δ

Lemma 6.3. (a) Given a solution U (t) =

mk

Uk, Fk, (t)

k∈K =1

of (6.4), V := Iδ,λ U is also a solution of (6.4) (with a different initial datum V0 ): mk V (t) = Vk, Fk, (t). k∈K =1

If U0 ∈ Z, then V0 ∈ Z. (b) If p is a seminorm on Z and (a, b) is an interval, then we have the estimate  b+δ  b p(V (t))2 dt ≤ c p(U (t))2 dt, for all U0 ∈ Z. (6.12) a

a−δ

(c) We have Vk,mk = 0 whenever λ = λk . (d) For all but countably many δ > 0 we have the estimate

6.2 An Haraux-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions mk

mk

|Uk, |2 ≤ c

k∈K =1 λ=λk

|Vk, |2 .

97

(6.13)

k∈K =1 λ=λk

Remark. The property (c) is crucial: it shows that by applying the operator Iδ,λ we can remove at least one term from the sum defining U (t). Proof. (a) Using the translation invariance of equation (6.4) we have V
= (Iδ,λ U )
= Iδ,λ U
= Iδ,λ AU = A(Iδ,λ U ) = AV. The second relation follows from the A-invariance of Z. (b) For every fixed t ∈ R we have 1  δ 2 p(V (t))2 ≤ 2p(U (t))2 + 2p e−λs U (t + s) ds 2δ −δ  δ  2 1 ≤ 2p(U (t))2 + 2 e−λs p(U (t + s)) ds 2δ −δ  δ  δ 1 ≤ 2p(U (t))2 + 2 |e−λs |2 ds p(U (t + s))2 ds 2δ −δ −δ  e2| λ|δ t+δ p(U (s))2 ds. ≤ 2p(U (t))2 + δ t−δ Therefore,  b  2 p(V (t)) dt ≤ 2 a

b

a  b

=2

p(U (t))2 dt +

a



b

≤2



e2| λ|δ p(U (t)) dt + δ 2

a



e2| λ|δ δ



t+δ

p(U (t))2 dt + 2e2| λ|δ

p(U (s))2 ds dt

t−δ b+δ  min{b,s+δ}

a−δ



a

and (6.12) follows with

b

b+δ

p(U (s))2 dt ds

max{a,s−δ}

p(U (s))2 dt,

a−δ

c = 2 + 2e2| λ|δ .

(c) We have V (t) = U (t) −

mk mk k∈K i=1 =i

Uk,  2δ(
− i)!



δ

−δ

e−λs (t + s)−i eλk (t+s) ds Ek,i ,

whence V0 = U0 −

mk mk k∈K i=1 =i

Uk,  2δ(
− i)!



δ

−δ

s−i e(λk −λ)s ds Ek,i .

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It follows that Vk,i = Uk,i −

mk

Uk, 2δ(
− i)!

=i



δ

e(λk −λ)s s−i ds

(6.14)

−δ

for all k, i. In particular,  δ  1 Vk,mk = Uk,mk 1 − e(λk −λ)s ds , 2δ −δ and the last factor vanishes if λk = λ. (d) It follows from (6.14) that the matrix Ak that tranforms the vector (Uk,1 , . . . , Uk,mk )

into (Vk,1 , . . . , Vk,mk )

is triangular, with determinant equal to ∆k :=

 δ mk  mk    1 sinh(λk − λ)δ 1− 1− . e((λk −λ)s) ds = 2δ −δ (λk − λ)δ i=1 i=1

This is an analytic function of δ for every k, and it is not identically zero if λ = λk . Hence for all but countably many δ > 0 we have ∆k = 0 whenever λk = λ, so that Ak is invertible. Furthermore, for every such fixed δ, we deduce from the assumption |λk | → ∞ and from the boundedness of the sequences (mk ) and (λk ) that I − Ak  → 0. Indeed, observe that all integrals in (6.14) tend to zero as k → ∞: integrate by parts or use the Riemann–Lebesgue lemma. Therefore, we also have I − A−1 k  → 0 as k → ∞. Hence sup I − A−1 k  < ∞,

λk =λ

and (6.13) follows. Now we establish a somewhat weaker form of the inverse inequality in (6.7): observe that the terms k ∈ A are missing on the left-hand side of inequality (6.15) below. Lemma 6.4. Under the assumptions of Theorem 6.2 we have mk

|Uk, |2 ≤ c

m  j=1

k∈K\A =1

Jj

for all solutions of (6.4) with U0 ∈ Z. Proof. Set M=

k∈A

mk

pj (U (t))2 dt

(6.15)

6.2 An Haraux-Type Theorem for Vector-Valued Functions

99

and fix a sufficiently small δ > 0 so that writing Ij = (aj , bj ), we have (aj − M δ, bj + M δ) ⊂ Jj

for

j = 1, . . . , m.

We can choose δ such that the estimate (6.13) of the preceding lemma is satisfied for every λk with k < k
. Let us introduce the linear operator  (Iδ,λk )mk I= k∈A

(composition of M linear operators). It follows from the definition of Iδ,λ that I does not depend on the choice of the order of the factors Iδ,λk . Hence, by a repeated application of the preceding lemma we obtain that for every solution U (t) =

mk

Uk, Fk, (t)

k∈K =1

of (6.4), the function V := IU has the form V (t) =

mk

Vk, Fk, (t),

k∈K\A =1

and we have the following estimates: mk

|Uk, |2 ≤ c

k∈K\A =1

and

m  j=1

mk

|Vk, |2

k∈K\A =1

pj (V (t))2 dt ≤ c

Ij

m  j=1

pj (U (t))2 dt.

Jj

Let us also remark that V is also a solution of (6.4). Since its initial datum V0 belongs to ZA , we have mk

2

2

|Vk, | V0  ≤ c

m  j=1

k∈K\A =1

pj (V (t))2 dt

Ij

by the assumptions of the theorem. Combining the last three inequalities completes the proof of the lemma. Now we are ready to complete the proof of Theorem 6.2. Proof of the inverse inequality in (6.7). We have to prove that 2

U0  ≤ c

m  j=1

Jj

pj (U (t))2 dt

(6.16)

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for all U0 ∈ Z. It suffices to consider the case in which λk has the same value, say λ, for all k ∈ A: the general case then follows by induction. Furthermore, by increasing A if necessary (recall that this only weakens the assumptions of the theorem), we may assume that λk has a different value for all k ∈ K\A. Set mk Uk, Fk, (t), V0 = V (0), (6.17) V (t) = k∈A =1

and

mk

W (t) =

Uk, Fk, (t),

W0 = W (0),

k∈K\A =1

so that U = V + W . Assume for the moment that 2

V0  ≤ c

m  j=1

pj (V (t))2 dt.

(6.18)

Ij

Then, using the triangle inequality and then the Young inequality, we have U0 2 ≤ 2V0 2 + 2W0 2 m   ≤c pj (V (t))2 dt + 2W0 2 Ij

j=1

≤c

m  

2pj (U (t))2 + 2pj (W (t))2 dt + 2W0 2 .

Ij

j=1

Applying the assumption (6.5) of the theorem for W instead of U , it follows that m  pj (U (t))2 dt + cW0 2 . U0 2 ≤ c j=1

Ij

Using the Riesz basis property W0 2 ≤ c

mk

|Uk, |2

k∈K\A =1

and then applying Lemma 6.4, we conclude that U0 2 ≤ c

m   j=1

m   pj (U (t))2 dt + c Ij

Since Ij ⊂ Jj for every j, (6.16) follows.

j=1

Jj

pj (U (t))2 dt .

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It remains to prove (6.18). Since the vector space of functions of the form (6.17) is finite-dimensional, it suffices to prove that if a function of this form satisfies (6.19) pj (V (t)) = 0 in Ij for j = 1, . . . , m, then V (0) = 0. Observe that (6.19) implies that pj (V (n) (t)) = 0 in the interior of Ij for all j = 1, . . . , m and n = 1, 2, . . . . For example, for any fixed interior point t ∈ Ij , using the continuity of the seminorm pj , we have 0 ≤ pj (V
(t))  V (t + h) − V (t) = pj lim h→0 h  V (t + h) − V (t) = lim pj h→0 h pj (V (t + h)) + pj (V (t)) , ≤ lim h→0 |h| and the last fraction vanishes if h is close to zero so that t + h ∈ Ij . Hence pj (V
(t)) = 0. Writing LU = U
− λU , it follows thus from our hypothesis that pj (Ln V (t)) = 0 in the interior of Ij for all j = 1, . . . , m and n = 0, 1, . . . . Now assume to the contrary that V0 = 0, and let us apply this equality with the largest integer n such that Uk

,n = 0 for some k

. Setting Uk,n = 0 if n > mk and using the relations AFk, (t) = λFk, (t) + Fk,−1 (t) for k ∈ A (see p. 33 and recall that λk = λ for all k ∈ A), we have Uk,n Ek,1 , Ln−1 V (t) = k∈A

so that pj



Uk,n Ek,1 = 0,

j = 1, . . . , m.

k∈A

Applying the hypothesis of the theorem and then using the linear independence of the vectors Ek,1 , we conclude that Uk,n = 0 for all k. However, this contradicts the choice of n. Let us end this section by formulating an important consequence of Theorems 6.1 and 6.2. As in Theorem 6.2, consider again the solutions of the problem

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U
= AU,

U (0) = U0 ,

(6.20)

in an infinite-dimensional complex Hilbert space H, where A is an unbounded linear operator defined on some linear subspace of H, with values in H, satisfying hypothesis (RB) on page 34. Write λk = iωk and assume that the numbers ωk are distinct.

(6.21)

Furthermore, assume that there exist a finite subset A of K, a positive number γ
, and a positive integer M such that ωk is real and mk = 1 for every k ∈ K\A

(6.22)

and  no interval (ωk − γ
, ωk + γ
) with k ∈ K\A contains more than M members of the family (ωk )k∈K\A .

(6.23)

Finally, let p(·, ·) be a semiscalar product on Z, and denote by p(·) the corresponding seminorm. Assume that p(Ek,1 ) 1

(6.24)

and |p(Ek,1 , En,1 )| → 0 as

|ωk − ωn | < γ


and k, n → ±∞.

(6.25)

Theorem 6.5. Assume (6.21)–(6.25) and let I be an interval of length |I| > 2π/γ
. Then the solutions of (6.20) satisfy the estimate  p(U (t))2 dt U0 2 (6.26) I

for all U0 ∈ Z. Remark. Despite the numerous hypotheses, we shall see in the next sections that this theorem has many applications. Proof. Theorem 6.5 follows from Theorems 6.1 and 6.2 in the same way as Theorems 4.3 and 4.5 implied Theorem 4.6 in Section 4.3 (p. 67). For the proof of the uniqueness hypothesis of Theorem 6.2 we note that assumption (6.21) implies that every eigenvector E of A is a multiple of some element Ek,1 of the Riesz basis, say E = cEk,1 . Hence if p(E) = 0, then we have necessarily c = 0 and thus E = 0 because p(Ek,1 ) = 0 by assumption (6.24).

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6.3 Observation of a String at Both Endpoints with Mixed Boundary Conditions Let us return to the system studied in Sections 3.4, 4.5, and 4.7 (pp. 45, 74, 79): ⎧ utt − uxx + au = 0 in R × (0,
), ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u(t, 0) = u (t,
) = 0 for t ∈ R, x (6.27) ⎪u(0, x) = u0 (x) for x ∈ (0,
), ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ for x ∈ (0,
). ut (0, x) = u1 (x) We recall from Proposition 4.9 (p. 74) that if u0 ∈ V := {v ∈ H 1 (0,
) : v(0) = 0} and

u1 ∈ H := L2 (0,
),

then (6.27) has a unique solution satisfying u ∈ C(R; V ) ∩ C 1 (R; H). Furthermore, setting  1 π , µk := k − 2
and

1 E(t) := 2

we have3 u(t, x) =



ωk :=

 µ2k + a,

|ux (t, x)|2 + |ut (t, x)|2 dx,

Ω

∞

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t ) sin µk x

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients ak and a−k such that E(0)

∞

 k 2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 < ∞.

k=1

We have postponed until now the proof of Proposition 4.13 (p. 79). Now we establish this result by applying Theorem 6.5 above. Let us recall the result we are going to prove: Proposition 6.6. If T >
, then the solutions of (6.27) satisfy the estimates ux (·, 0)2L2 (0,T ) + u(·,
)2H 1 (0,T ) E(0) for all u0 ∈ V and u1 ∈ H. 3

If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term ak eiωk t +a−k e−iωk t is replaced by ak +a−k t.

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Proof. It follows from the proof of Proposition 3.4 (p. 47) that the solutions of the associated problem U
= AU are given by the formula Uk eiωk t Ek U (t) = k∈Z\{0}

with ω−k := −ωk

and E±k :=

(sin µk x, ±iωk sin µk x)  µ2k + |ωk |2

for k = 1, 2, . . . . If ωk = 0 for some k, then the term Uk eiωk t Ek + U−k e−iωk t E−k is replaced by 

Uk (sin µk x, 0) + U−k (0, sin µk x) + t(sin µk x, 0) . Since we know that

E(0) U (0)2H ,

the estimate of the proposition is equivalent to  p(U (t))2 dt U (0)2H , I

where p is a Euclidean seminorm on Z, defined by  p(f, g) := |f
(0)|2 + |f (
)|2 + |g(
)|2 ,

(f, g) ∈ Z.

We will prove this inequality by applying Theorem 6.5. Since |I| >
by assumption, there exists a number γ
< 2π/
such that |I| > 2π/γ
. Using the definition of µk and ωk one can readily verify that assumptions (6.21)–(6.23) are satisfied with M = 3 and A = {±1, ±2, . . . , ±k
} for a sufficiently large integer k
. Condition (6.24) easily follows from the equality  µ2 + 1 + |ωk |2 p(Ek,1 ) = k 2 µk + |ωk |2 because µ2k |ωk |2 k 2 , so that the above fraction tends to 1. For the proof of (6.25) we note first that if |k| and |n| are sufficiently large, then the inequality |ωk − ωn | < γ
can occur only if k and n are consecutive integers. Hence it suffices to prove that p(Ek,1 , Ek+1,1 )

and p(E−k,1 , E−k−1,1 )

tend to zero as k → ∞. For this, we observe first that

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p(Ek,1 , Ek+1,1 ) = p(E−k,1 , E−k−1,1 ) µk µk+1 + sin µk
sin µk+1
+ ωk ωk+1 sin µk
sin µk+1
 =  µ2k + |ωk |2 µ2k+1 + |ωk+1 |2 µk µk+1 − 1 − ωk ωk+1  =  . µ2k + |ωk |2 µ2k+1 + |ωk+1 |2 Here the denominator tends to infinity (as k 2 ) because µ2k |ωk |2 k 2 . Therefore, the proof will be complete if we show that the numerator remains bounded as k → ∞. Since µk k 2 and thus a = O(k −2 ) = µk O(k −4 ), ωk − µk =  2 µk + a + µk we have 2

µk µk+1 − 1 − ωk ωk+1 = µk µk+1 − 1 − µk µk+1 1 + O(k −4 ) = −1 + µk µk+1 O(k −4 ) = O(1). This completes the proof. Remark. The above proof could easily be adapted to give new proofs of Propositions 4.11 and 4.12 in Section 4.6 (p. 75), which avoid the “trick” of separating the odd and even indices.

6.4 Observation of a Coupled String–Beam System Let us consider the one-dimensional case of the coupled system (3.12) introduced in Section 3.8 (p. 53): ⎧ utt − uxx + au + bw = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ w ⎪ tt + wxxxx + cu + dw = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u(t, 0) = u(t,
) = 0 ⎪ w(t, 0) = w(t,
) = wxx (t, 0) = wxx (t,
) = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ u(0, x) = u0 (x) and ut (0, x) = v0 (x) ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ w(0, x) = w0 (x) and wt (0, x) = z0 (x)

in in for for for for

R × (0,
), R × (0,
), t ∈ R, t ∈ R, x ∈ (0,
), x ∈ (0,
).

(6.28)

The energy of the solutions can now be written in the following form:  1  |ux (t, x)|2 +|ut (t, x)|2 +|wx (t, x)|2 +|(∆−1 wt (t, x))x |2 dx, t ∈ R. E(t) := 2 0 We are going to establish the following observability result:

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Proposition 6.7. For almost all quadruples (a, b, c, d) of real numbers, if I is an interval of length |I| > 2
, then the solutions of (6.28) satisfy the estimates ux (·, 0)2L2 (I) + wx (·, 0)2L2 (I) E(0)

(6.29)

for all u0 ∈ H01 (Ω),

u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

w0 ∈ H01 (Ω),

and

w1 ∈ H −1 (Ω).

Remark. The following proof can easily be adapted to the case in which u and w are observed at different endpoints of (0,
), or when they are observed at both endpoints. We do not insist on this here because we will prove a much more general result in the next section. Proof. Putting U = (u, v, w, z),

U0 = (u0 , v0 , w0 , z0 ),

and using the Riesz basis of Proposition 3.9 (p. 54), by Theorem 3.1 (p. 36) the solution of (6.28) is given by a series4 U (t) =

4 ∞

Uk,j eiωk,j t Ek,j .

k=1 j=1

Since

1 U0 2 , 2 we complete the proof by verifying the conditions of Theorem 6.5 (p. 102) with the Euclidean seminorm p defined by  p(f, g, h, k) := |f
(0)|2 + |g
(0)|2 , (f, g, h, k) ∈ Z = Z 4 . E(0) =

Let us choose the real numbers a, b, c, d such that each 4 × 4 matrix Ak in the proof of Proposition 3.9 has four distinct eigenvalues and, moreover, such that different matrices Ak have no common eigenvalues. Observe that the exceptional quadruples (a, b, c, d) form a countable union of hypersurfaces5 in R4 , so that almost every quadruple (a, b, c, d) in R4 has this property. Then condition (6.21) is satisfied. Furthermore, condition (6.22) is satisfied because all eigenvalues are simple, and because we chose real coupling coefficients. (See the last statement of Proposition 3.9.) Taking into account the asymptotic behavior (3.15)–(3.16) of the eigenvalues and the equality 4

With usual changes in a finite number of terms if generalized eigenfunctions are also present. 5 Namely, the solutions of the algebraic equations ωk,j = ωm,n for different pairs (k, j) and (m, n) in the unknowns a, b, c, d.

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√ γk = µk := kπ/
, we see that condition (6.23) is satisfied with M = 2 for every γ
< π/
, by choosing a sufficiently large set A so as to exclude the eigenvalues ωk,j with a not sufficiently large k. Since |I| > 2
, we may choose γ
so as to satisfy the inequality |I| > 2π/γ
, too. In order to verify the last two conditions (6.24) and (6.25), we use the asymptotic behavior (3.13)–(3.14) of the eigenvectors Ek,j . First of all, using the equality ek (x) = sin µk x we have

−1/2

p(Ek,j ) = γk

µk = 1.

Since Ek,j  1 (because {Ek,j } is a Riesz basis), this proves (6.24). Finally, for the proof of (6.25) first observe that if 0 < |ωk,j − ωm,n | < γ
with sufficiently large indices k ≥ m, then we necessarily have √ 0 < | γk − γm | < γ
and n = j + 2 by the asymptotic formulae (3.15)–(3.16). Then using also the asymptotic relations (3.13)–(3.14) we obtain that −1/2

p(Ek,j , Em,n ) = (γk

−1/2

µk )o(1) + o(1)(γk

µk ) = o(1).

This proves (6.25) and thus completes the proof of the proposition. Example. One may wonder whether there are exceptional parameters indeed for the validity of (6.29). The answer is yes. For instance, if we choose
= π for simplicity and put a = −56 + m2 ,

b = −52,

c = 800,

d = 784 + m2 ,

where m is an arbitrarily fixed real number, then the following formulae define a nonzero solution of (3.12) for which, however, ux (t, 0) = wx (t, 0) = 0 for all t ∈ R: u(t, x) = cos mt(65 sin 2x − 52 sin 4x + 13 sin 6x), w(t, x) = cos mt(−65 sin 2x + 40 sin 4x − 5 sin 6x). See [76] for a more general example.

6.5 Observation of a Coupled System: A General Result In this section we generalize the result of the preceding one to all spatial dimensions and to more general observations. Let us consider the system of Section 3.8 (p. 53):

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⎧ u

− ∆u + au + bw = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ w

+ ∆2 w + cu + dw = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨u = 0 ⎪ w = ∆w = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1 ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ w(0) = w0 and w
(0) = w1

in in on on in in

R × Ω, R × Ω, R × Γ, R × Γ, Ω, Ω.

(6.30)

We recall from Proposition 3.8 (p. 53) that the problem is well-posed in the Hilbert space H := H01 (Ω) × H01 (Ω) × L2 (Ω) × H −1 (Ω). We are interested in the validity of the estimates     |∂ν u|2 dΓ dt + |∂ν w|2 dΓ dt E(0), Ju

Γu

Jw

(6.31)

Γw

where Ju , Jw are two given intervals, Γu , Γw are two open subsets of Γ , and the energy of the solutions is defined by the formula6  1 E(t) := |∇u(t, x)|2 +|u
(t, x)|2 +|∇w(t, x)|2 +|∇∆−1 w
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R. 2 Ω We need a geometric condition. Assume that there exist two points xu , xw ∈ RN such that (see Figure 6.1 and the first remark below) (x − xu ) · ν(x) ≤ 0 for all x ∈ Γ \Γu

(6.32)

(x − xw ) · ν(x) ≤ 0

(6.33)

and for all x ∈ Γ \Γw .

Then putting R = Ru := sup |x − xu |,

(6.34)

x∈Ω

we have the following result: Proposition 6.8. Assume (6.32) and (6.33). Fix an interval Ju of length |Ju | > 2R and an arbitrary interval Jw . Then the estimates (6.31) hold for almost all quadruples (a, b, c, d) of complex numbers.

6

As in Section 3.5 (p. 48), ∆−1 denotes the inverse of the restriction of ∆ to

H01 (Ω).

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109

Γu Ω

Ω xu

Γ \Γu

Γ

xu

Γ \Γu Ω xu Γu Fig. 6.1. The geometric condition

Remarks. •

Intuitively, (6.32) and (6.33) require that both Γu and Γw represent more than half of the boundary (but not an arbitrary half!). They are obviously satisfied if Γu = Γw = Γ . They are also satisfied if Ω is an annular region and Γu = Γw is its outer boundary. In the one-dimensional case Ω = (0,
) we may take Γu = {0}, Γu = {
}, or Γu = {0,
}, and independently Γw = {0}, Γw = {
},

• • •

or Γw = {0,
}.

Notice that R is the smallest real number for which the open ball BR (xu ) of center xu and radius R contains the domain Ω. The proposition and its proof remain valid if we replace (6.32)–(6.34) by the geometric control condition of Bardos, Lebeau, and Rauch [11]. The proposition was first established in [76] for the case in which Ω is a ball, by the method of the preceding section, and then in [82] for the general case, in an indirect way. The constructive proof given below is taken from [80], where systems of more than two equations were also studied. Recently, Mehrenberger [107] obtained rather precise information on the

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structure and size of the set of exceptional parameters in case of several coupled equations. For the proof of the proposition we shall use the direct and inverse inequalities for the wave equation and for the Petrovsky system in a general domain. Let us first recall these results for the wave equation. Proposition 6.9. (a) The solutions of the problem ⎧

⎪ ⎨u − ∆u + f = 0 u=0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u
(0) = 0

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(6.35)

satisfy for every T > 0 the direct inequality  T  T 2 |∂ν u| dΓ dt ≤ c |f (t, x)|2 dx dt 0

0

Γ

Ω

L1loc (R; L2 (Ω)),

for all f ∈ with a constant c depending only on T . (b) Assume (6.32) and let I be an interval of length > 2R, where R is given by (6.34). Then the solutions of the problem ⎧

⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨u − ∆u = 0 (6.36) u=0 on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎩
u(0) = u0 and u (0) = u1 in Ω, satisfy the estimates   I

Γu

|∂ν u|2 dΓ dt



|∇u0 |2 + |u1 |2 dx.

Ω

Remarks. •

Part (a) of the proposition is due to Lasiecka and Triggiani [91]. (The well-posedness of this inhomogeneous problem follows from the remark after Theorem 2.1, p. 10.) Part (b) was first obtained by Ho [50], under a stronger assumption on the length of I. His result was improved by Lions [96] by an indirect argument based on Carleman’s uniqueness theorem. Subsequently, a simple constructive proof was given in [62] that avoided the use of Carleman’s result. Although these proofs are based on the multiplier method, which is not the subject of this book, for the convenience of the reader we reproduce in the next, optional, section the proof of Proposition 6.9 for star-shaped domains, and we refer to Lions [97] or to [67] for the general case. The condition T > 2R is optimal if Ω is a ball centered at xu , or more generally if Ω contains a line segment of length 2R. This can be shown by a simple argument demonstrating the finite propagation speed for the wave equation; see, e.g., [67], Remark 3.6.

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• •

111

More complete results were established by Bardos, Lebeau, and Rauch [11], using microlocal analysis. If we replace the Dirichlet boundary condition by the Neumann boundary condition in (6.35) and (6.36), then the just-mentioned methods provide less precise results; see [97] or [67] again. We will show in Chapter 7 (see Proposition 7.1, p. 128) that except for the one-dimensional case, the corresponding natural boundary integral can no longer be expressed in terms of Sobolev norms of the initial data. Next we recall some analogous results on the Petrovsky system.

Proposition 6.10. (a) The solutions of the problem ⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨w + ∆ w + f = 0 w = ∆w = 0 ⎪ ⎩ w(0) = w
(0) = 0

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

satisfy for every T > 0 the direct inequality   T 2 |∂ν w| dΓ dt ≤ c 0

Γ

0

T

(6.37)

f 2H −1 (Ω) dt

for all f ∈ L1loc (R; H −1 (Ω)), with a constant c depending only on T . (b) Assume (6.33) and let I be an interval of arbitrary length. Then the solutions of the problem ⎧

2 ⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨w + ∆ w = 0 (6.38) w = ∆w = 0 on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎩
w(0) = w0 and w (0) = w1 in Ω, satisfy the estimates   I

Γw

|∂ν w|2 dΓ dt w0 2H 1 (Ω) + w1 2H −1 (Ω) . 0

Remarks. •

Part (a) of the proposition is due to Lions [96]. He also established part (b) for sufficiently long intervals I. His assumption on the length of I was weakened by an elementary argument in [62] and then completely relaxed by Zuazua [139], who applied an indirect argument based on Holmgren’s uniqueness theorem. An alternative, constructive, proof was later given in [63], without using Holmgren’s theorem. For the convenience of the reader, in the optional Section 6.7 we reproduce this last proof for starshaped domains, and we refer to [67] for the general case. Let us also note that using microlocal analysis, more general results were established later by Lebeau [92].

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As in the case of the wave equation, the situation is more complex in the case of other boundary conditions. We shall examine this question in Chapter 7 (see Proposition 7.11, p. 143).

Turning to the proof of Proposition 6.8, let us rewrite the problem (6.30) in the form U
= AU, U (0) = U0 , as in Section 3.8 (p. 53), and let us introduce the same Riesz basis as in Proposition 3.9. Given two intervals Ju and Jw with |Ju | > 2R, fix two new intervals Iu and Iw such that |Iu | > 2R, the closure of Iu belongs to the interior of Ju , and the closure of Iw belongs to the interior of Jw . We are going to apply Theorem 6.2 (p. 93) with m = 2, I1 = Iu , I2 = Iw , and with the seminorms given by p1 (u, w, h, k) := ∂ν uL2 (Γu )

and p2 (u, w, h, k) := ∂ν wL2 (Γw ) .

We have to show that for a sufficiently large integer k
, the estimates     |∂ν u|2 dΓ dt + |∂ν w|2 dΓ dt E(0) (6.39) Iu

Γu

Iw

Γw

hold for all finite sums of the form U (t) =

∞ 4 k=k


Uk,j eiωk,j t Ek,j .

j=1

(By rearranging the terms if necessary, we may assume that γk ≥ γk
for all k ≥ k
.) Furthermore, we have to show that if AU0 = λU0 for some U0 = (u, w, h, k) ∈ Z and if ∂ν u = 0

on Γu

and ∂ν w = 0 on Γw ,

then u = w = h = k = 0 in Ω.


Fix a large integer k , to be chosen later. Let us write the solution of (6.30) in the form u = uf + u  and w = wg + w,   solves (6.36), wg solves (6.37) where uf solves (6.35) with f := au + bw, u with g := cu + dw, and w  solves (6.38). Applying part (a) of the preceding two propositions for uf and wg , we obtain that     2 |∂ν uf | dΓ dt + |∂ν wg |2 dΓ dt Iu Γu Iw Γw   2 2 ≤c uL2(Ω) + wL2 (Ω) dt + c u2H −1 (Ω) + w2H −1 (Ω) dt. Iu

Iw

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Choosing an interval I
containing both Iu and Iw , using the continuity of the embedding L2 (Ω) ⊂ H −1 (Ω) and then the definition of the eigenvalue γk
, it follows that      c |∂ν uf |2 dΓ dt+ |∂ν wg |2 dΓ dt ≤ u2H 1 (Ω) +w2H 1 (Ω) dt. 0 0 γk
I
Iu Γu Iw Γw Now using the well-posedness estimate (3.5) of Theorem 3.1 (p. 36), the definition of the energy, and the equality 1 U0 2 , 2

E(0) = we conclude that    |∂ν uf |2 dΓ dt + Iu

Γu

Iw



|∂ν wg |2 dΓ dt ≤

Γw

c1 E(0) γk


(6.40)

with some constant c1 . Next, applying part (b) of the preceding two propositions for u  and w,  we obtain that     c2 E(0) ≤ |∂ν u |2 dΓ dt + |∂ν w|  2 dΓ dt ≤ c3 E(0) (6.41) Iu

Γu

Iw

Γw

with two positive constants c2 and c3 . Applying the Young inequalities |∂ν u|2 ≤ 2|∂ν uf |2 + 2|∂ν u |2

and |∂ν w|2 ≤ 2|∂ν wg |2 + 2|∂ν w|  2,

we conclude from (6.40) and (6.41) the first half of (6.39):      2c 1 2 |∂ν u| dΓ dt + |∂ν w|2 dΓ dt ≤ + 2c3 E(0). γk
Iu Γu Iw Γw Furthermore, using the Young inequalities in the form |∂ν u |2 ≤ 2|∂ν uf |2 + 2|∂ν u|2

and |∂ν w|  2 ≤ 2|∂ν wg |2 + 2|∂ν w|2 ,

we also conclude from (6.40) and (6.41) that     c c1 2 E(0) ≤ − |∂ν u|2 dΓ dt + |∂ν w|2 dΓ dt. 2 γk
Iu Γu Iw Γw Therefore, if we choose k
so large at the beginning that c1 c2 − > 0, 2 γk
then (6.39) follows.

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It remains to establish the above-mentioned uniqueness property. For this, let us choose the coupling coefficients a, b, c, and d such that ωk,j = ωm,n

whenever γk = γm .

As in the preceding section, the exceptional quadruples (a, b, c, d) form a countable union of hypersurfaces, so that almost all quadruples (a, b, c, d) have the required property. Now assume that AU0 = λU0 for some U0 = (u, w, h, k) ∈ Z, ∂ν u = 0

on Γu ,

and ∂ν w = 0

on Γw .

Then u, w, h, k are scalar multiples of a common eigenfunction of −∆ in Ω with Dirichlet boundary condition. Using Carleman’s unique continuation theorem7 it follows that u = w = 0 in Ω. Since the relation AU0 = λU0 implies that h = λu and k = λw, we also have h = k = 0 in Ω. Thus U0 = 0, and the proof is complete.

6.6 * Proof of Proposition 6.9 by the Multiplier Method By considering the real and imaginary parts of the solutions, it is sufficent to establish the desired estimates in the real case. Furthermore, by a density argument it suffices to consider solutions of (6.35) and (6.36) (p. 110), or more generally of the problem ⎧

⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨u − ∆u + f = 0 (6.42) u=0 on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎩
u(0) = u0 and u (0) = u1 in Ω, with u0 ∈ H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω),

u1 ∈ H01 (Ω),

and f ∈ C 1 (R; L2 (Ω)).

Then the solution satisfies u ∈ C(R; H 2 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; H 1 (Ω)) ∩ C 2 (R; L2 (Ω)) in view of the remark after Theorem 2.1 on p. 10, and this regularity property justifies all computations that follow. In the sequel all solutions are assumed to have this regularity. For the sake of simplicity, we consider only the case of convex or more generally star-shaped domains; i.e., we assume that there exists a point xu ∈ Ω such that (x − xu ) · ν(x) > 0 for all x ∈ Γ. (6.43) 7

A simple proof of this theorem was given by Garofalo and Lin in [37], [38].

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This implies (6.32) with Γu = Γ . The general case can be proved by a slight adaptation of the arguments below, as explained later in this section. The proof is based on the multiplier method. Our main tool is the following technical lemma, which goes back essentially at least to Rellich [119]. Let us introduce the notation m(x) := x − xu

and M u := 2m · ∇u + (N − 1)u,

where the dot stands for the usual scalar product in RN . Lemma 6.11. The solutions of (6.42) satisfy for every T > 0 the following identity:  0

T



(m · ν)(∂ν u)2 dΓ dt

Γ

 =

T  u M u dx +

T




0

Ω



0

(u
)2 + |∇u|2 + f M u dx dt.

Proof. Integrating by parts, we obtain that  T  T f M u dx dt = (u

− ∆u)M u dx dt − 0

0

Ω

Ω

T  u
M u dx −

 = Ω



T



+ 0

(6.44)

Ω

0

0

T

(6.45)

 (∂ν u)M u dΓ dt Γ

−u
M u
+ ∇u · ∇(M u) dx dt.

Ω

Let us transform the last integral. We have u
M u
= 2u
m · ∇u
+ (N − 1)(u
)2 = m · ∇(u
)2 + (N − 1)(u
)2 , so that integrating by parts and using the relation div m = N , we obtain the equality  

− u M u dx = − m · ∇(u
)2 + (N − 1)(u
)2 dx (6.46) Ω Ω   = − (m · ν)(u
)2 dΓ + (u
)2 dx. Γ

Ω

Next, applying the summation convention of repeated indices and using the relation ∂i mk = δik , we have

 ∇u · ∇(M u) = (∂i u)∂i 2mk ∂k u + (N − 1)u = 2(∂i u)(∂i mk )(∂k u) + 2mk (∂i u)(∂k ∂i u) + (N − 1)|∇u|2

 = m · ∇ |∇u|2 + (N + 1)|∇u|2 .

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Hence







m · ∇ |∇u|2 + (N + 1)|∇u|2 dx Ω  = (m · ν)|∇u|2 dΓ + |∇u|2 dx.

∇u · ∇(M u) dx = Ω

Γ

(6.47)

Ω

Substituting (6.46) and (6.47) into (6.45), we conclude that  T  T  T 
− f M u dx dt = u M u dx + (u
)2 + |∇u|2 dx dt 0

Ω

Ω



−

T



0

0

0

Ω

 (∂ν u)M u + (m · ν) (u
)2 − |∇u|2 dΓ dt.

Γ

Until now we did not use the boundary condition in (6.42). Now we observe that since u = 0 on the boundary, we also have u
= 0,

∇u = (∂ν u)ν,

and M u = 2(m · ν)∂ν u

on Γ.

Hence the expression in the boundary integral reduces to (m · ν)(∂ν u)2 , and (6.44) follows. Next we recall from [62] the following lemma: Lemma 6.12. Given u ∈ H 1 (Ω) arbitrarily, we have the following identity:    (M u)2 dx = |2m · ∇u|2 + (1 − N 2 )u2 dx + (2N − 2) (m · ν)u2 dΓ. Ω

Ω

Γ

Hence, if u also vanishes on Γ , then we have   (M u)2 dx ≤ 4R2 |∇u|2 dx. Ω

Ω

Proof. We integrate by parts, and we use again the relation div m ≡ n as follows:   (M u)2 dx = |2m · ∇u + (N − 1)u|2 dx Ω Ω = |2m · ∇u|2 + (N − 1)2 u2 + 4(N − 1)u(m · ∇u) dx Ω  = |2m · ∇u|2 + (N − 1)2 u2 + (2N − 2)m · ∇(u2 ) dx Ω  = |2m · ∇u|2 + (N − 1)2 u2 − N (2N − 2)u2 dx Ω  + (2N − 2) (m · ν)u2 dΓ. Γ

We conclude by remarking that (N − 1)2 − N (2N − 2) = 1 − N 2 .

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Now we prove the direct inequality in star-shaped domains. Proof of part (a) and of the direct inequality in part (b) of Proposition 6.9. The continuous factor m · ν has a strictly positive minimum on the compact boundary Γ by our geometric assumption (6.43). Hence the left-hand side of the identity (6.44) is minorized by a positive constant multiple of  T (∂ν u)2 dΓ dt. 0

Γ

Furthermore, putting E :=

1 2



(u
)2 + (∇u)2 dx

Ω

as usual and applying the preceding lemma, we have 



 1



2 2 (M u) dx ≤ R (u
)2 + |∇u|2 dx = 2RE. R(u ) +

u M u dx ≤ 4R Ω Ω Ω Therefore, using the preceding lemma again, the right-hand side of the identity (6.44) is majorized by  T  T  2RE(0) + 2RE(T ) + 2 E(t) dt + 2R f (t)L2 (Ω) 2E(t) dt 0

0

and hence by 1/2

(4R + 2T )EL∞ (0,T ) + 2Rf L1(0,T ;L2 (Ω)) 2EL∞ (0,T ) . If f = 0, then the energy E is conserved because we are in the skew-adjoint case, so that the last expression reduces to

 (4R + 2T )E(0) = (T + 2R) u0 2H 1 (Ω) + u1 2L2 (Ω) . 0

This proves the direct inequality in part (b) of the proposition for intervals of the form I = (0, T ). The general case follows by using the translation invariance of the differential equation in (6.36) and the conservation of the energy. If u0 = u1 = 0, then using the variation of constants formula for the associated abstract first-order problem with F = (0, f ) (see the remark following Theorem 2.1 on p. 10 and take into account that we are in the skew-adjoint case), we obtain the estimate 1/2

2EL∞ (0,T ) ≤ f L1 (0,T ;L2 (Ω)) . Therefore, the last expression is majorized by (6R + 2T )f 2L1(0,T ;L2 (Ω)) as required.

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Remark. It is easy to adapt the above proof to general domains: it suffices to replace the vector field m of Lemma 6.11 by an arbitrary sufficiently smooth vector field satisfying m = ν on the boundary Γ . Such vector fields can be constructed by using a partition of unity. See Lions [97] or [67] for the details. Proof of the inverse inequality in part (b) of Proposition 6.9. As above, it suffices to consider intervals of the form I = (0, T ). The right-hand side of the identity (6.44), since the term f M u is missing, is minorized by 

(2T − 4R)E(0) = (T − 2R) u0 2H 1 (Ω) + u1 2L2 (Ω) . 0

Since T − 2R > 0 by assumption, we conclude by remarking that the left-hand side of the identity (6.44) is majorized by 

T



R 0

(∂ν u)2 dΓ dt

Γ

because m · ν ≤ R on the boundary. Remark. Let us emphasize that we did not use the star-shapedness of Ω in the proof of the inverse inequality. In the general case the left-hand side of the identity (6.44) is majorized by 

T



R 0

(∂ν u)2 dΓ dt.

Γu

6.7 * Proof of Proposition 6.10 by the Multiplier Method For the sake of simplicity we restrict ourselves again to the case of star-shaped domains; i.e., we assume that there exists a point xw ∈ Ω such that (x − xw ) · ν(x) > 0 for all x ∈ Γ.

(6.48)

This implies (6.33) with Γw = Γ . The general case can be proved by the same type of adaptation as in the preceding section. If we replace the solution w by ∆−1 w and f by ∆−1 f , then Proposition 6.10 may be reformulated in the following equivalent form: Proposition 6.13. Assume (6.48). (a) If f ∈ L1loc (R; H01 (Ω)), then the solution of the problem ⎧

2 ⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨w + ∆ w + f = 0 w = ∆w = 0 on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎩
in Ω, w(0) = w (0) = 0 satisfies for every T > 0 the direct inequality

(6.49)

6.7 * Proof of Proposition 6.10 by the Multiplier Method

 0

T



|∂ν ∆w|2 dΓ dt ≤ c

Γ



T

0

119

f 2H 1 (Ω) dt 0

with a constant c depending only on T . (b) Let J be an arbitrary interval. If w0 ∈ V := {v ∈ H 3 (Ω) : v = ∆v = 0 then the solution of the problem ⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨w + ∆ w = 0 w = ∆w = 0 ⎪ ⎩ w(0) = w0 and

on




w (0) = w1

Γ}

and

w1 ∈ H01 (Ω),

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(6.50)

satisfies the estimates    |∂ν ∆w|2 dΓ dt |∇∆w0 |2 + |∇w1 |2 dx. J

Γ

Ω

By a density argument it suffices to consider solutions of (6.49) and (6.50), or more generally of the problem ⎧

2 ⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨w + ∆ w + f = 0 (6.51) w = ∆w = 0 on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎩ w(0) = w0 and w
(0) = w1 in Ω, with w0 , w1 ∈ Z and a continuously differentiable function f : R → H01 (Ω). Then the solution satisfies w ∈ C(R; H 5 (Ω)) ∩ C 1 (R; H 3 (Ω)) ∩ C 2 (R; H 1 (Ω)), which justifies the computations that follow. In the rest of this section all solutions are assumed to have this regularity. Finally, as a consequence of the skew-adjoint character of (6.50) and of its translation invariance, it suffices to consider intervals of the form J = (0, T ) in part (b), too. Setting this time and M w := 2m · ∇∆w + n∆w,

m(x) = x − xw

we first establish the following Rellich-type identity: Lemma 6.14. The real-valued solutions of the problem (6.51) satisfy for every T > 0 the following identity:  0

T



(m · ν)(∂ν ∆w)2 + (m · ν)(∂ν w
)2 dΓ dt

Γ

  T 
= − w M w dx + Ω

0

0

T

 Ω

2|∇∆w|2 + 2(∆w
)2 − f M w dx dt. (6.52)

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Proof. Integrating by parts, we obtain that  T  T − f M w dx dt = (w

+ ∆2 w)M w dx dt 0

0

Ω

Ω

T  w
M w dx +

 = Ω

 −

0

T



0

0

T

(6.53)

 (∂ν ∆w)M w dΓ dt Γ

w
M w
+ ∇∆w · ∇(M w) dx dt.

Ω

Let us transform the last integral. Using the relations div m = N and ∂i mk = δik , we have  − w
M w
dx Ω  =− 2w
mi ∂i ∂j2 w
+ nw
∆w
dx Ω  = 2(∂j w
)mi (∂i ∂j w
) + 2w
(∂j mi )(∂i ∂j w
) − nw
∆w
dx Ω  − 2w
mi νj (∂i ∂j w
) dΓ Γ   


2

= m · ∇ |∇w | + (2 − n)w ∆w dx − 2w
mi νj (∂i ∂j w
) dΓ Ω Γ  = −n|∇w
|2 + (n − 2)|∇w
|2 dx Ω  + −2w
mi νj (∂i ∂j w
) + (m · ν)|∇w
|2 + (2 − n)w
∂ν w
dΓ. Γ

Since w = 0 and hence w
= 0 on the boundary, ∇w
= (∂ν w
)ν on Γ . Therefore, the first and last terms in the boundary integral vanish, while the second is equal to (m · ν)|∂ν w
|2 . Hence we conclude that    − w
M w
dx = −2 |∇w
|2 dx + (m · ν)(∂ν w
)2 dΓ. (6.54) Ω

Ω

Γ

Next we have  − ∇∆w · ∇(M w) dx Ω 

 = − (∂i ∆w)∂i 2mk ∂k ∆w + n∆w dx Ω =− 2(∂i ∆w)(∂i mk )(∂k ∆w) + 2mk (∂i ∆w)(∂k ∂i ∆w) + n|∇∆w|2 dx Ω  

=− m · ∇ |∇∆w|2 + (n + 2)|∇∆w|2 dx Ω   2 = −2 |∇∆w| dx − (m · ν)|∇∆w|2 dΓ. Ω

Γ

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Since ∆w = 0 and therefore ∇∆w = (∂ν ∆w)ν on the boundary, we conclude that    2 ∇∆w · ∇(M w) dx = −2 |∇∆w| dx − (m · ν)(∂ν ∆w)2 dΓ. (6.55) − Ω

Ω

Γ

Substituting (6.54) and (6.55) into (6.53), we obtain the following equality:  T − f M w dx dt 0

Ω

 T w
M w dx − 2



= Ω



T

0





|∇∆w|2 + |∇w
|2 dx dt

Ω

(∂ν ∆w)M w + (m · ν)(∂ν w
)2 − (m · ν)(∂ν ∆w)2 dΓ dt.

+ 0

0

T

Γ

Using again the relations ∆w = 0 and ∇∆w = (∂ν ∆w)ν on the boundary, we have ∇∆w = (∂ν ∆w)ν and therefore M ∆w = 2(m · ν)∂ν ∆w

on Γ.

Hence the first term in the boundary integral is equal to 2(m · ν)(∂ν ∆w)2 , and (6.52) follows. Next we recall from [62] the following lemma: Lemma 6.15. Every real function w ∈ H 3 (Ω) satisfies the following identity:    (M w)2 dx = |2m · ∇∆w|2 − N 2 (∆w)2 dx + 2N (m · ν)(∆w)2 dΓ. Ω

Ω

Γ

Hence if ∆w also vanishes on Γ , then we have   2 2 (M w) dx ≤ 4R |∇∆w|2 dx. Ω

Ω

Proof. Set u := ∆w for brevity. Integrating by parts, we obtain the following equality:   (M u)2 dx = |2m · ∇u + N u|2 dx Ω Ω = |2m · ∇u|2 + N 2 u2 + 4N u(m · ∇u) dx Ω  = |2m · ∇u|2 + N 2 u2 + 2N m · ∇(u2 ) dx Ω  = |2m · ∇u|2 + N 2 u2 − 2N 2 u2 dx Ω  + 2N (m · ν)u2 dΓ. Γ

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We conclude by observing that N 2 − 2N div m = −N 2 . The following lemma is stronger than part (a) and the direct inequality in part (b) of Proposition 6.13. Lemma 6.16. (a) The solutions of (6.49) satisfy the estimates  0

T



2




2

|∂ν ∆w| + |∂ν w | dΓ dt ≤ c Γ

T

0

f 2H 1 (Ω) dt 0

for every T > 0, with a constant c depending only on T . (b) The solutions of (6.50) satisfy the estimates 

T

0



|∂ν ∆w|2 + |∂ν w
|2 dΓ dt ≤ c

Γ



|∇∆w0 |2 + |∇w1 |2 dx

Ω

for every T > 0, with a constant c depending only on T . (c) The solutions of (6.50) satisfy the estimates 

|∇∆w0 |2 + |∇w1 |2 dx ≤ c

Ω

 0

T



|∂ν ∆w|2 + |∂ν w
|2 dΓ dt

Γ

√ for every T > R/ γ1 , with a constant c depending only on T . Moreover, if we fix a positive integer k
and we consider only solutions whose initial data w0 , w1 are orthogonal to ek for every k < k
, then the √ above estimates hold for every T > R/ γk
, with a constant c depending only
on k and T . Proof. By considering separately the real and imaginary parts of the solutions, it suffices to consider real-valued solutions. As a consequence of assumption (6.48), the left-hand side of (6.52) is minorized by a positive constant multiple of  T (∂ν ∆w)2 + |∂ν w
|2 dΓ dt. 0

Γ

Furthermore, putting E :=

1 2



|∇∆w|2 + |∇w
|2 dx,

Ω

applying the preceding lemma, and using the variational characterization of the first Dirichlet eigenvalue γ1 of −∆ in Ω, we have

6.7 * Proof of Proposition 6.10 by the Multiplier Method

123



w
M w dx ≤ w
L2 (Ω) M wL2 (Ω) Ω

≤ 2Rw
L2 (Ω) ∆wL2 (Ω) 2R ≤ √ w
L2 (Ω) ∇∆wL2 (Ω) γ1 2R ≤ √ E. γ1 Therefore, using the preceding lemma again, the right-hand side of the identity (6.52) is majorized by  T  T  2R 2R 2R E(t) dt + √ f (t)H01 (Ω) 2E(t) dt √ E(0) + √ E(T ) + 4 γ1 γ1 γ1 0 0 and hence by  4R 2R 1/2 √ + 4T EL∞ (0,T ) + √ f L1 (0,T ;H01 (Ω)) 2EL∞ (0,T ) . γ1 γ1 If w0 = w1 = 0, then using the variation of constants formula for the associated abstract first-order problem with F = (0, f ) (see the remark following Theorem 2.1 on p. 10 and take into account that we are in the skew-adjoint case), we obtain the estimate 1/2

2EL∞ (0,T ) ≤ f L1(0,T ;H01 (Ω)) . Therefore, now the right-hand side of the identity (6.52) is majorized by  6R 4T + √ f 2L1 (0,T ;H 1 (Ω)) , 0 γ1 as required for part (a). If f = 0, then the energy E is conserved because we are in the skew-adjoint case, so that the last expression reduces to    4R 2R 4T + √ E(0) = 2T + √ |∇∆w0 |2 + |∇w1 |2 dx. γ1 γ1 Ω This completes the proof of (b). For the proof of (c) we observe that the left-hand side of the identity (6.52) is majorized by R times the left-hand side of the required inequality, while its right-hand side is minorized by  4R 4T − √ E(0). γ1 We conclude by remarking that the factor of E(0) is strictly positive if T > √ R/ γ1 .

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Moreover, if w0 , w1 are orthogonal to ek for every k < k
, then we can replace γ1 by γk
by the variational characterization of the eigenvalues. There√ fore, the above estimates hold under the weaker condition T > R/ γk
. In order to complete our proof of part (b) of Proposition 6.13, we shall apply the abstract Theorem 6.2 (p. 93). Furthermore, we shall also need the well-known fact that if ϕ : R → R is an even function of class C ∞ with compact support, then its Fourier transform Φ : R → R defined by  ∞ Φ(x) := ϕ(t)eixt dt −∞

is also an even function of class C ∞ ; moreover, it also belongs to the Schwartz space S, so that |x|α Φ(x) → 0 as x → ±∞, for every fixed positive number α. Finally, we also recall, e.g., from Agmon [1], that ∞

|γn |−N < ∞.

(6.56)

n=1

Proof of part (b) of Proposition 6.10. Let us rewrite the problem (6.50) in the abstract form (6.57) U
= AU, U (0) = U0 , as in the proof Proposition 3.5 (p. 48). Since now ωk = γk because a = 0, we have U (t) =

∞

 Uk eiγk t Ek + U−k e−iγk t E−k , k=1

1 E±k = √ 3/2 (ek , ±iγk ek ), 2γk 1/2  |∇∆w|2 + |∇z|2 dx , (w, z) = Ω   1/2 p(w, z) = |∇∆w|2 dΓ . Γ

Note that 2

U0  =

∞

|Uk |2 + |U−k |2

k=1

and that

√ p(E±k ) ≤ c1 γk

for all k

with a constant c1 by a classical trace theorem.

U±k ∈ C,

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125

We are going to apply Theorem 6.2 with m = 1 and p1 = p. It follows from part (b) of the preceding lemma that 

T 0

p(U (t))2 dt ≤ cU0 2

for all solutions of (6.57), for every T > 0. In particular, hypothesis (ii) of the theorem and the direct inequality in hypothesis (i) are satisfied for any choice of the set A. We complete our proof by showing that for any fixed T > 0, there exists a positive integer k
such that the inverse inequality in hypothesis (i) is satisfied with A = {1, . . . , k
− 1}. Fix an interval I whose closure is contained in J := (0, T ), and then fix an even function of class C ∞ satisfying the following conditions: 0≤ϕ≤1 ϕ=1 ϕ=0

in R,

on I, outside J.

According to our above remark, its Fourier transform satisfies the inequality |Φ(x)| ≤ c2 |x|−N −1

for all x = 0

with a suitable constant c2 . Fix a positive integer k
, to be chosen later, and consider a solution U (t) whose initial data are orthogonal to Zk for all k < k
. Then we may write U = U+ + U− with U+ (t) :=

∞

Uk eiγk t Ek

k=k


and U+ (t) :=

∞

U−k e−iγk t E−k .

k=k


We have, following Lebeau [92],   ∞ 2 p(U (t)) dt ≥ ϕ(t)p(U (t))2 dt −∞ J  ∞  ∞ 2 ϕ(t)p(U+ (t)) dt + ϕ(t)p(U− (t))2 dt = −∞ −∞  ∞ ϕ(t)p(U+ (t), U− (t)) dt +2 −∞   ≥ p(U+ (t))2 dt + p(U− (t))2 dt I I  ∞ ϕ(t)p(U+ (t), U− (t)) dt. +2 −∞

Now observe that U+ (t) and U− (t) are also solutions of (6.50) (with other initial data). Since

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U+ = i∆U+


and U− = −i∆U− ,

applying part (c) of the last lemma with a sufficiently large k
we have  

 p(U+ (t))2 dt + p(U− (t))2 dt ≥ c3 U+ (0)2 + U− (0)2 = c3 U0 2 I

I

with a positive constant c3 that does not depend on the choice of k
. Therefore, we deduce from the above inequality the following estimate:   ∞ p(U (t))2 dt ≥ c3 U0 2 + 2 ϕ(t)p(U+ (t), U− (t)) dt. −∞

J

Let us majorize the last integral. In the following sums, k and n run over the positive integers k ≥ k
. We have

 ∞

ϕ(t)p(U+ (t), U− (t)) dt

−∞



= Φ(γk + γn )p(Uk Ek , U−n E−n ) n

k

≤ c2

n

k

≤

c21 c2

≤

c21 c2

= c21 c2

 |γk + γn |−N −1 p(Uk Ek )2 + p(U−n E−n )2

k

n

k

n



 |γk + γn |−N −1 γk |Uk |2 + γn |U−n |2

 |γk + γn |−N |Uk |2 + |U−n |2

 k

|γk + γn |−N



 |Uk |2 + |U−k |2 .

n

Putting c4 (k
) :=

∞

|γn |−N ,

n=k


we conclude that

 ∞

ϕ(t)p(U+ (t), U− (t)) dt ≤ c21 c2 c4 (k
)U0 2 ,

−∞

and therefore

 J

 p(U (t))2 dt ≥ c3 − c21 c2 c4 (k
) U0 2 .

As a consequence of the relation (6.56) we have c4 (k
) → 0 as k
→ ∞. Therefore, the factor of U0 2 is strictly positive if k
is chosen to be sufficiently large at the beginning of the proof.

7 Problems on Spherical Domains

This chapter is devoted to the study of some higher-dimensional problems that can be solved by the method developed in Chapter 4. For the convenience of the reader we recall briefly the description of the eigenfunctions of the Laplacian operator in balls, and we also give a very short and elementary introduction to the Bessel functions, by establishing all properties we need in this book. We also establish some new results concerning the zeros of Besseltype functions, and we present new, simpler proofs of some classical results.

7.1 Observability of the Wave Equation in a Ball Let us consider the wave equation with Neumann boundary condition as in Section 3.3 (p. 42): ⎧

⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨u − ∆u + au = 0 (7.1) on R × Γ, ∂ν u = 0 ⎪ ⎩
u(0) = u0 and u (0) = u1 in Ω. We recall from Proposition 3.3 (p. 43) that this problem is well-posed for u0 ∈ H 1 (Ω) and u1 ∈ L2 (Ω). As usual, we consider only solutions with initial data belonging to the dense subspace Z := Z × Z, where Z denotes the linear hull of the eigenfunctions of −∆ with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditon in Ω. Defining the energy by the formula  1 |u(t, x)|2 + |∇u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R, E(t) := 2 Ω it is natural to conjecture that   |u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt E(0) I

Γ

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for every sufficiently large interval. Indeed, this has been established for the one-dimensional case in Proposition 4.11 (p. 76). It turns out, however, that this relation is inexact in several dimensions: Proposition 7.1. Let Ω be an open ball of radius R in RN with N ≥ 2. (a) The inverse inequality   |u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt (7.2) E(0) ≤ c I

Γ

holds for all solutions of (7.1) with (u0 , u1 ) ∈ Z if |I| > 2R, with a constant c depending on I. (b) The direct inequality   |u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt ≤ cE(0) (7.3) I

Γ

can fail for any interval |I|. Remarks. • •

•

For a = 0 this is essentially due to Graham and Russell [44]. We shall give a simplified proof. The analysis of our proof shows that the inverse inequality (7.2) can also fail if |I| < 2R. A deeper theorem of Jo´ o [59], [60] states that for a = 0 in dimensions N ≥ 2 the inverse inequality (7.2) can fail in the limiting case |I| = 2R, too. This contrasts with the one-dimensional case: the proofs of both Proposition 1.1 and Proposition 4.14 (pp. 2, 81) can be easily adapted to show that the estimates of Proposition 4.11 (p. 76) hold for all intervals of length
if a = 0. Our proof will also show that if I1 and I2 are two intervals of length > 2R, then the corresponding observations are equivalent:     2
2 |u| + |u | dΓ dt |u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt. I1

•

•

Γ

I2

Γ

This property enables us to apply the abstract stabilization Theorem 2.14 (p. 24); see [70] for the details. Arguments of geometric optics indicate1 that the just-mentioned equivalence can fail for general domains Ω. Since the methods of multipliers, Carleman estimates, and microlocal analysis are not very sensitive to deformations of the domain, we do not see other means to establish the equivalence property for balls. The proof of Proposition 7.1 can easily be adapted to the case of Dirichlet boundary condition. In this way we can get a new proof of part (b) of Proposition 6.9 (p. 110), but only in the special case of balls. Here the above-mentioned other methods are more efficient. 1

C. Bardos, private communication.

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The proof of Proposition 7.1 is based on the explicit representation of the eigenfunctions of the Laplacian operator in balls. Therefore, we first recall in the next section the description of these eigenfunctions by using Bessel functions and spherical harmonics. Then in Section 7.3 we present some classical and recent results concerning the location of the zeros of Bessel-type functions. Using this, Proposition 7.1 will be proved in Section 7.4.

7.2 The Eigenfunctions of the Laplacian Operator in Balls This review section is devoted to a description of the eigenfunctions of the Laplacian operator with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary condition in the unit ball Ω1 of RN (N ≥ 2) with boundary Γ1 . We omit the proofs, and we refer to [19], [27], [127], [129], and [135] for details. In order to formulate our results, let us introduce the Bessel functions of any real order m by the formula Jm (x) =

∞ j=0

 x m+2j (−1)j , j!Γ (m + j + 1) 2

x ≥ 0.

(7.4)

Examples. •

One can readily verify that J0
(x) = −J1 (x)

•

and

 d

xJ1 (x) = xJ0 (x). dx

If m is half an odd integer, then Jm (x) can be expressed in a finite form. For example,   2 2 cos x and J1/2 (x) = sin x. J−1/2 (x) = πx πx The asymptotic behavior of Jm (x) is similar for all indices:

Lemma 7.2. For every real number m we have   mπ π 2 Jm (x) = cos x − − + O(x−3/2 ) πx 2 4 as x → ∞. Furthermore, for any given pair (α, β) = (0, 0) of real numbers,
(x) form an infinite sequence tending to the positive zeros of αJm (x) + βxJm ∞. (See Figures 7.1–7.8.) Let us also recall that the spherical harmonics of order m (m = 0, 1, . . . ) are the restrictions to the unit sphere Γ1 of the homogeneous polynomials of order m.

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2.5

0.8 2

0.6 1.5

0.4 1

0.2

0.5

0

0

2

4

6

8

10 x

12

14

16

18

20

2

4

6

8

10 x

12

14

16

18

20

18

20

–0.2

–0.4

–0.5

Fig. 7.1. Graph of J−1/2

Fig. 7.2. Graph of J0 0.6

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

0

0

2

4

6

8

10 x

12

14

16

–0.2

18

20

2

4

6

8

10 x

12

14

16

–0.2

Fig. 7.3. Graph of J1/2

Fig. 7.4. Graph of J1

Lemma 7.3. The spherical harmonics of order m form a finite-dimensional subspace Sm in L2 (Γ1 ). These subspaces are mutually orthogonal, and their linear hull is dense in L2 (Γ1 ). Examples. • • •

If N = 2, then Sm is spanned by the functions e±imθ with the usual parameterization of the unit circle Γ1 . Hence S0 is one-dimensional, while the other subspaces are two-dimensional. If N = 3, then dim Sm = 2m + 1 for all m, and its elements can be conveniently expressed using the Legendre polynomials. In the general case we have dim S0 = 1, dim S1 = N , and     N +m−1 N +m−3 dim Sm = − m m−2 for m ≥ 2. This follows from the fact that every spherical harmonic function of order m is also the restriction to the unit sphere Γ of a unique

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0.4

0.4 0.3

0.2 0.2 0.1

0

2

4

6

8

10 x

12

14

16

18

20

0

2

4

6

8

10 x

12

14

16

18

20

18

20

–0.1

–0.2 –0.2

Fig. 7.5. Graph of J2

Fig. 7.6. Graph of J4

0.3 0.3

0.2 0.2

0.1

0.1

0

2

4

6

8

10 x

12

14

16

18

20

–0.1

0

2

4

6

8

10 x

12

14

16

–0.1

–0.2

–0.2

Fig. 7.7. Graph of J6

Fig. 7.8. Graph of J8

harmonic homogeneous polynomial of order m. The elements of Sm can be expressed by the ultraspherical polynomials. Now we are ready to describe the eigenfunctions of the Laplacian operator. We use hyperspherical (polar) coordinates (r, θ) with 0 ≤ r ≤ 1 and θ ∈ Γ1 . Proposition 7.4. Consider the unit ball Ω1 of RN (N ≥ 2) with boundary Γ1 . (a) The eigenfunctions of −∆ in Ω1 with Dirichlet boundary condition are exactly the functions N

(r, θ) → r1− 2 Jm−1+ N (cm,k r)Hm (θ), 2

where m = 0, 1, . . . , k = 1, 2, . . . , Hm ∈ Sm , and for each m we denote by 0 < cm,1 < cm,2 < · · · the sequence of positive zeros of the Bessel function Jm−1+ N (x). The corre2 sponding eigenvalue is equal to c2m,k .

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(b) The nonconstant eigenfunctions of −∆ in Ω1 with Neumann boundary condition are exactly the functions N

(r, θ) → r1− 2 Jm−1+ N (cm,k r)Hm (θ), 2

where m = 0, 1, . . . , k = 1, 2, . . . , Hm ∈ Sm , and for each m we denote by 0 < cm,1 < cm,2 < · · · the sequence of positive zeros of the function  N
1− J N (x) + xJ (x). m−1+ N 2 2 m−1+ 2 The corresponding eigenvalue is equal to c2m,k . Example. In the three-dimensional case, the smallest Dirichlet eigenvalue is equal to c20,1 = π 2 , and the corresponding eigenspace is spanned by the positive radial function sin πr . (r, θ) → r

7.3 Zeros of Bessel-type Functions The rest of this section is devoted to the study of the zeros cm,k figuring in Proposition 7.4. Let us first recall some elementary facts. Lemma 7.5. Let m be a nonnegative real number. (a) The following equality holds for every positive real number c: 2c2

 0

1


r|Jm (cr)|2 dr = c2 |Jm (c)|2 + (c2 − m2 )|Jm (c)|2 .

(7.5)


(b) The functions Jm (x) and Jm (x) are positive in (0, m], so their first positive roots are bigger than m.
(c) If α ≥ 0, then the first positive root of αJm (x) + xJm (x) is bigger than

m.
(x) (d) If α < 0√and m > |α|, then the first positive root of αJm (x) + xJm is bigger than m2 − α2 .

Proof. (a) Using the power series expansion (7.4), we see that y := Jm (x) satisfies the differential equation x2 y

+ xy
+ (x2 − m2 )y = 0 in (0, ∞).

(7.6)

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Multiplying this equation by 2y
and integrating over (0, c), we obtain the equality  c !c 2xy 2 dx = x2 (y
)2 + (x2 − m2 )y 2 0 = c2 y
(c)2 + (c2 − m2 )y(c)2 + m2 y(0)2 . 0

Since y(0) = 0 for m > 0 from the power series expansion (7.4), the last term always vanishes. The equality (7.5) follows by the change of variables x = cr in the integral. (b) One can see from the power series expansion (7.4) that Jm (x) and
Jm (x) are positive for small positive values of x. Therefore, we infer from (7.5) that  1
(c)|2 ≥ 2 r|Jm (cr)|2 dr > 0 |Jm 0


Jm (x)

for all 0 < c ≤ m. Hence is positive in (0, m]. Consequently, Jm (x) is increasing and thus also positive in (0, m].
(x) is positive in (0, m] by property (b). (c) If α ≥ 0, then αJm (x) + xJm
(d) If αJm (c) + cJm (c) = 0 for some 0 < c ≤ m, then we obtain from (7.5) the following equality:  1 2 r|Jm (cr)|2 dr = (α2 + c2 − m2 )|Jm (c)|2 . 2c 0

Since Jm > 0 in (0, m] by (b), we must have α2 + c2 − m2 > 0, i.e., c > √ m2 − α2 . Next we recall the classical Sturm oscillation theorem: Theorem 7.6. Let f, g : [a, b] → R be two continuous functions satisfying f
on

(a, b),

(7.7)

and let u, v ∈ H 2 (a, b) be two functions satisfying the differential equations u

+ f u = 0

and

v

+ gv = 0

in

(a, b).

Assume that u(a) = u(b) = 0

(7.8)

and that u does not vanish in (a, b). Then v has at least one zero in (a, b). Sturm’s theorem states that the greater the value of f , the more rapidly the solutions oscillate. Proof. Assume to the contrary that v does not vanish in (a, b). Then, changing u to −u and/or v to −v if necessary, we may assume that

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u > 0 and v > 0 in

(a, b).

(7.9)

Then we also have v(a) ≥ 0,

v(b) ≥ 0,

u
(a) ≥ 0,

and u
(b) ≤ 0.

(7.10)

Multiplying the differential equations by v and u, respectively, and integrating their difference, we obtain  b [uv
− u
v]ba + (g − f )uv dx = 0; a

using (7.8) this simplifies to u
(a)v(a) − u
(b)v(b) +



b

(g − f )uv dx = 0. a

But this is impossible, because u
(a)v(a) − u
(b)v(b) ≥ 0 by (7.10), while the integral is (strictly) positive by (7.7) and (7.9). Corollary 7.7. Let h : [d, ∞) → R be a continuous function, having a positive limit L at infinity. Let y be a nonzero solution of the differential equation y

+ hy = 0

in

(d, ∞).

Then y has an infinite sequence of zeros c1 < c2 < · · · , all simple, tending to infinity and satisfying the relation √ cn+1 − cn → π/ L. Proof. If y had a multiple root c, then by the uniqueness of the solution of the initial value problem y

+ hy = 0 in (d, ∞),

y(c) = y
(c) = 0,

we could conclude that y is identically zero, contradicting our assumption. Since h is bounded by assumption, there exists a positive number β such that h < β 2 on [d, ∞). We claim that the distance between any two zeros of y is at least equal to π/β. Indeed, if y(c) = 0, then we apply Sturm’s theorem with the following choice: (a, b) := (c, c + π/β); f (x) := h(x) g(x) := β

2

and u(x) := y(x); and v(x) := sin β(x − c).

Since v does not vanish in (a, b), u cannot vanish in it either. Next fix a sufficiently large number a ≥ d such that h > 0 in [a, ∞), and choose a positive number α such that α2 < h in [a, ∞). Then y has at least

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135

one root in the interval (a, a + π/α). This can be shown by applying Sturm’s theorem with the following choice: (a, b) := (a, a + π/α); f (x) := α2 g(x) := h(x)

and u(x) := sin α(x − a); and v(x) := y(x).

Thus y has infinitely many zeros, and they can be arranged into an increasing sequence c1 < c2 < · · · , tending to infinity. √ Now choose two positive numbers α and β, arbitrarily close to L and √ satisfying the ineqalities α < L < β. Choose a sufficiently large a ≥ d such that α2 < h < β 2 in [a, ∞); then the above arguments also show that π/β < cn+1 − cn < π/α for all sufficiently large indices n such that cn ≥ a. This completes the proof. As a first illustration, let us recall Porter’s classical proof on the location of the zeros of the Bessel functions; our proof of part (d) seems to be new: Proposition 7.8. (a) For any given real number m, the positive zeros of Jm (x) are simple, and they form an infinite increasing sequence j1 < j2 < · · · , tending to infinity. (b) The difference sequence (jn+1 − jn ) converges to π. (c) The sequence (jn+1 − jn ) is strictly decreasing if |m| > 1/2, strictly increasing if |m| < 1/2, and constant if m = ±1/2. (d) The first positive zero j1 of Jm (x) satisfies the inequalities m + m1/3 < j1 < m + 4m1/3 if m is sufficiently large. Remark. The proof of (d) will yield the stronger result m + βm1/3 < j1 < m + γm1/3 with any given β < (π 2 /2)1/3 ≈ 1.7 and γ > 3π 2/3 /2 ≈ 3.2 if m is sufficiently large. It was proved by deeper tools that j1 = m + δm1/3 + O(1),

m → ∞,

with a constant δ ≈ 1.855757; see, e.g., Watson [135], p. 516. Proof. Since the function z(x) := Jm (x) satisfies x2 z

+ xz
+ (x2 − m2 )z = 0

in (0, ∞),

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(see (7.6), p. 132), the function y(x) := y

+ hy = 0

√ xJm (x) satisfies

in (0, ∞) with

h(x) := 1 −

m2 − 14 . x2

(7.11)

Note that y(x) and Jm (x) have the same positive roots. The cases m = ±1/2 of the proposition hence follow at once because then h(x) = 1, so that y(x) is a suitable constant multiple of the trigonometric function sin(x + γ) for some γ. In the remaining cases fix a small d > 0 so that all positive roots of Jm (x) lie in (d, ∞). (This is possible because Jm (x) > 0 for small positive values of x.) Then the function h satisfies the hypotheses of the preceding corollary, and properties (a) and (b) follow. Property (c) will be proved by applying Sturm’s theorem. If |m| > 1/2, then h is strictly increasing in [d, ∞). If jn < jn+1 < jn+2 are three consecutive roots of y, then we apply Sturm’s theorem with the following choice: (a, b) := (jn , jn+1 ); f (x) := h(x) and u(x) := y(x); g(x) := h(x + jn+1 − jn ) and v(x) := y(x + jn+1 − jn ). We conclude that v has a root in (jn , jn+1 ); i.e., y has a root in (jn+1 , 2jn+1 − jn ). This implies that jn+2 < 2jn+1 − jn , which is equivalent to the inequality jn+2 − jn+1 < jn+1 − jn . If |m| < 1/2, then h is strictly decreasing. If jn < jn+1 < jn+2 are three consecutive roots of y, then we apply Sturm’s theorem in the following way: (a, b) := (jn+1 , jn+2 ); f (x) := h(x) and u(x) := y(x); g(x) := h(x − jn+1 + jn ) and v(x) := y(x − jn+1 + jn ). We conclude that v has a root in (jn+1 , jn+2 ); i.e., y has a root in (jn , jn+2 − jn+1 + jn ). This implies that jn+1 < jn+2 − jn+1 + jn , which is equivalent to the inequality jn+1 − jn < jn+2 − jn+1 . Turning to the proof of (d), first we show that for every fixed α > π 2/3 /2, Jm (x) has at least one root in the interval 

(a, b) := m + αm1/3 , m + 3αm1/3 if m is large enough. We are going to apply Sturm’s theorem with the following choice: f (x) :=

π2 4α2 m2/3

g(x) := h(x)

and u(x) := sin

and v(x) := y(x).

 π

x − m − αm1/3 , 1/3 2αm

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We have only to verify the condition g > f in (a, b). Since g is increasing for m > 1/2 and since f is a positive constant, it suffices to show that g(a)/f (a) > 1. A straightforward computation shows that " # m2 − 14 4α2 m2/3 g(a) = 1−

2 f (a) π2 m + αm1/3

2

 4α2 m2/3 m + αm1/3 − m2 − 14 =

2 π2 m + αm1/3 4α2 m2/3 2αm4/3 + α2 m2/3 + 14 π2 m2 + 4αm4/3 + α2 m2/3 8α3 → 2 π =

as m → ∞. We conclude by remarking that the last limit is bigger than one by the choice of α. Next we prove that for any fixed α < (π 2 /2)1/3 , Jm (x) has no root in the interval 

(a, b) := m, m + αm1/3 if m is sufficiently large. For this we apply Sturm’s theorem with f (x) := h(x) g(x) :=

π

and u(x) := y(x),

2

α2 m2/3

and v(x) := sin

π (x − m). αm1/3

The condition g > f in (a, b) is equivalent to f (b)/g(b) < 1. By repeating the above computation, we have " # m2 − 14 α2 m2/3 2α3 f (b) = 1 − →

 2 g(b) π2 π2 m + αm1/3 as m → ∞. We conclude by remarking that the last limit is smaller than one by our assumption on α.
Now we study, following [65], the zeros of the functions αJm (x) + xJm (x). It will be used in the next section.

Proposition 7.9. Fix a real number α.
(a) For each m ≥ 0, the positive zeros of αJm (x)+ xJm (x) are simple, and they form an infinite increasing sequence c1 < c2 < · · · , tending to infinity. (b) The difference sequence (cn+1 − cn ) converges to π. (c) If m is sufficiently large, then the sequence (cn+1 − cn ) is strictly decreasing. √ (d) If α ≤ 0, then m2 − α2 < c1 < m + 4m1/3 for all sufficiently large m, so that c1 /m → 1 as m → ∞.

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Remark. We refer to [65] for more general results, and to a recent work of Oudet [110], where the zeros of higher-order derivatives of Bessel functions were also studied.
(x), First we construct a function U having the same zeros as αJm (x)+xJm for which we can apply Sturm’s theorem. We need the following lemma: Lemma 7.10. Let I be an open interval, f, g : I → R two functions of class C 3 , and let u be a solution of the differential equation (gu)

+ f gu = 0

in

I.

(7.12)

Assume that g and h := g

+ f g have no zeros in I, and let us introduce two new functions by setting G := |g 3 /h|1/2 and

F := f + 3(g

/g) − 2(g
/g)(h
/h) − (G

/G).

Then G has no zeros in I, and (Gu
)

+ F Gu
= 0

in

I.

(7.13)

Proof. Differentiating equation (7.12), we obtain gu


+ 3g
u

+ (2g

+ h)u
+ h
u = 0

in I.

Combining this result with (7.12), we eliminate u to obtain gu


+ (3g
− gh
/h)u

+ (2g

+ h − 2g
h
/h)u
= 0 in I. Comparing this equation with (7.13), we obtain for F and G the following conditions: 2G
/G = 3(g
/g) − (h
/h), F + (G

/G) = 2(g

/g) + (h/g) − 2(g
/g)(h
/h). The first condition is obviously satisfied by the above choice of G, while the second is just the definition of F . Proof of Proposition 7.9. As a consequence of parts (c) and (d) of Lemma 7.5 (p. 132) we may fix a positive number d such that d2 + α2 − m2 > 0 and
(x) lie in (d, ∞). such that all positive zeros of y(x) := αJm (x) + xJm It follows from equation (7.11) that (7.12) is satisfied on the interval I = (d, ∞) with the following choice: m2 − 14 , x2 1 g(x) := x 2 −α ,

f (x) := 1 −

u(x) := xα y(x).

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Since g(x)

3

and h(x) := g

(x) + f (x)g(x) = x−α− 2 (x2 + α2 − m2 )

do not vanish in this interval, we may apply the preceding lemma. It follows that 3 U (x) := (Gu
)(x) = x 2 −α (x2 + α2 − m2 )−1/2 u
and F (x) := 1 − satisfy

m2 − x2

1 4

+

2α − 1 α2 − m2 + 3 x2 + α2 − m2 (x2 + α2 − m2 )2

U

+ F U = 0 in (d, ∞).


Let us note that U (x) has the same positive zeros as αJm (x) + xJm (x). Since F satisfies the hypotheses of Corollary 7.7 (p. 134) with L = 1, parts (a) and (b) of the proposition follow. Part (c) will also be established if we show that (for any fixed α) the function F is strictly increasing for every sufficiently large value of m. With the definition z := x2 + α2 − m2 for brevity, a straightforward computation leads to the identity

2x3 z 3 F
(x) = Az 3 + Bz 2 + Cz + D with A = 4m2 + 3 − 8α, B = 16(2 − α)(m2 − α2 ), C = (52 − 8α)(m2 − α2 )2 , D = 24(m2 − α2 )3 . We complete the proof of part (c) by showing that Az 3 + Bz 2 + Cz + D > 0

for all z > 0

if m is sufficiently large. Introducing the new variable t := z/(m2 −α2 ), we see that this is equivalent to (4m2 + 3 − 8α)t3 + (32 − 16α)t2 + (52 − 8α)t + 24 > 0

for all t > 0 (7.14)

if m is sufficiently large. Let us first choose a sufficiently small T > 0 such that (3 − 8α)t3 + (32 − 16α)2 + (52 − 8α)t + 24 > 0

for all t ∈ [0, T ]. (7.15)

Then choose a sufficiently large M satisfying the following inequalities:

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M > |α|, 2

4M + 3 − 8α > 0, 2

(4M + 3 − 8α)T /3 + (32 − 16α) > 0, (4M 2 + 3 − 8α)T 2 /3 + (52 − 8α) > 0, (4M 2 + 3 − 8α)T 3 /3 + 24 > 0. It follows from these inequalities that (4m2 + 3 − 8α)t3 + (32 − 16α)t2 + (52 − 8α)t + 24 > 0

(7.16)

for all t > T and m ≥ M . Finally, (7.15) and (7.16) imply (7.14). It remains to prove part (d) of the proposition. As a consequence of parts (d) of Lemma 7.5 and Proposition 7.8, it suffices to show that y(x) :=
αJm (x) + xJm (x) changes sign between 0 and the first positive root j1 of
Jm (x). First we observe that the first positive root j1
of Jm (x) is smaller than j1 if m > 0. Indeed, this follows from Rolle’s theorem because Jm (0) = 0. Now we notice that y(j1
) = αJm (j1
) < 0 because Jm (x) > 0 between 0 and j1 . On the other hand, it follows easily from the power series representation (7.4), p. 129, of Jm (x) that y(x) > 0 for small positive values of x if m > |α|. Hence y changes sign between 0 and j1
< j1 .

7.4 Proof of Proposition 7.1 We may assume by a scaling argument that Ω is the unit disk. Denoting by cm,1 < cm,2 < · · · the positive roots of the function  N
1− J N (x) + xJ (x), m−1+ N 2 2 m−1+ 2

(7.17)

setting c0,0 := 0,  ωm,k := c2m,k + a 

and Rm,k (r) :=

1 N r1− 2 Jm−1+ N (cm,k r) 2

if m = k = 0, otherwise,

it follows from Proposition 7.4 (p. 131) that the solutions of the problem

7.4 Proof of Proposition 7.1

⎧

⎪ ⎨u − ∆u + au = 0 ∂ν u = 0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

for (u0 , u1 ) ∈ Z are given by finite sums of the form2 

+ − u(t, r, θ) = Rm,k (r) Hm,k (θ)eiωm,k t + Hm,k (θ)e−iωm,k t , m

141

(7.18)

k

+ − where Hm,k and Hm,k are suitable spherical harmonics of order m, depending on the initial data. Here and in the sequel, m runs over 0, 1, . . . , while k runs over 0, 1, . . . if m = 0 and over 1, 2, . . . if m ≥ 1. Applying Proposition 3.3 (p. 43), we obtain that 

+

2 −

2 E(0) αm,k Hm,k (θ) + Hm,k (θ) dΓ (7.19) m

k

Γ

with αm,k := (1 +

c2m,k )

 0

1

rN −1 Rm,k (r)2 dr.

Since cm,k is a root of (7.17), using the identity (7.5) of Lemma 7.5 (p. 132), we obtain (except for the case m = k = 0) that  1 rN −1 Rm,k (r)2 dr 2c2m,k 0

  N 2 N 2 1− + c2m,k − m − 1 + |Rm,k (1)2 2 2

 = c2m,k − m2 + (N − 2)m Rm,k (1)2 . =

Hence



αm,k 1 + c2m,k − m2 Rm,k (1)2 .

(7.20)

Next we compute the boundary integral. Let us first assume that ωm,k = 0 for all (m, k). Using the orthogonality of spherical harmonics of different order, we have  |u(t, 1, θ)|2 dΓ Γ 



2

+ −

Rm,k (1) Hm,k (θ)eiωm,k t + Hm,k (θ)e−iωm,k t dΓ.

m

Γ

k

Now fix an interval I of length > 2. As a consequence of Proposition 6.9 (p. 110) we may apply Ingham’s Theorem 4.3 (p. 59) for all sufficiently large indices m, with the same constants in the estimates, so that + − If ωm,k = 0 for some (m, k), then Hm,k (θ)eiωm,k t + Hm,k (θ)e−iωm,k t is replaced + − by Hm,k (θ) + Hm,k (θ)t. 2

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2

+

− Rm,k (1) Hm,k (θ)eiωm,k t + Hm,k (θ)e−iωm,k t dt

I

k





− 2

+ 2

. Rm,k (1)2 Hm,k + Hm,k

k

The same estimates are obtained for each of the remaining finitely many indices m by applying Theorem 4.6, p. 67. Let us emphasize that we can choose the constants uniformly with respect to m. Integrating these expressions over Γ , applying the Fubini–Tonelli theorem, and then adding the resulting equivalences, we conclude that   

2 −

2

+ |u(t, 1, θ)|2 dΓ dt Rm,k (1)2 Hm,k (θ) + Hm,k (θ) dΓ. I

Γ

m

Γ

k

We obtain in a completely similar way that   I

|u
(t, 1, θ)|2 dΓ dt

Γ

m

|ωm,k |2 Rm,k (1)2

 Γ

k



+

H (θ) 2 + H − (θ) 2 dΓ, m,k m,k

so that finally,   I

Γ

|u(t, 1, θ)|2 + |u
(t, 1, θ)|2 dΓ dt 

+

2 −

2

βm,k Hm,k (θ) + Hm,k (θ) dΓ m

with

k

(7.21)

Γ



βm,k := 1 + |ωm,k |2 Rm,k (1)2 .

(7.22)

These relations remain valid if some (only a finite number) of the exponents ωm,k are equal to zero, which can be shown by a usual modification of the computation. Comparing (7.19)–(7.20) and (7.21)–(7.22), we see that the inverse inequality (7.2) follows because 1 + c2m,k − m2 ≤ 1 + c2m,k 1 + |ωm,k |2 , so that αm,k ≤ cβm,k with a suitable constant c. On the other hand, the direct inequality (7.3) fails in general because we do not have

7.5 Observability of a Petrovsky System in a Ball

143

βm,k ≤ c
αm,k with any constant c
, independent of m and k. Indeed, it follows from part (d) of Lemma 7.5 (p. 132) that 1 + c2m,1 − m2 αm,1 →0

βm,1 1 + c2m,1 + a as m → ∞. Remark. Using the strengthening of part (d) of Proposition 7.8, mentioned on page 135, one can establish a modified direct inequality by applying stronger Sobolev norms; see, e.g., [65], where this is done for a Petrovsky system, but the method is the same.

7.5 Observability of a Petrovsky System in a Ball The proof given in the preceding section easily adapts to the case of the Petrovsky system considered in Section 3.6 (p. 50): ⎧

2 ⎪ in R × Ω, ⎨u + ∆ u + au = 0 (7.23) ∂ν u = ∂ν ∆u = 0 on R × Γ, ⎪ ⎩
u(0) = u0 and u (0) = u1 in Ω. We recall from Proposition 3.6 (p. 51) that this problem is well-posed for u0 ∈ H 2 (Ω) and u0 ∈ L2 (Ω) such that ∂ν u0 = 0 on Γ . As usual, we consider only solutions with initial data belonging to the dense subspace Z := Z × Z, where Z denotes the linear hull of the eigenfunctions of −∆ with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditon in Ω. Defining the energy by the formula  1 |u(t, x)|2 + |∆u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R, E(t) := 2 Ω it is natural to conjecture that   |u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt E(0) I

Γ

for every interval I, because this estimate has already been established for the one-dimensional case in Proposition 5.1 (p. 84). However, this relation is inexact in several dimensions: Proposition 7.11. Let Ω be an open ball of radius R in RN with N ≥ 2. (a) Given any interval I, the inverse inequality   E(0) ≤ c |u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt I

Γ

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holds for all solutions with (u0 , u1 ) ∈ Z, with a constant c depending on I. (b) The direct inequality   I

|u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt ≤ cE

(7.24)

Γ

can fail for any interval |I|. Remarks. • •

For a = 0 this result was first established in [65]. Our proof will also show that if I1 and I2 are two intervals of length > 2R, then the corresponding observations are equivalent:     |u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt |u|2 + |u
|2 dΓ dt. I1

•

•

Γ

I2

Γ

This property enables us to apply the abstract stabilization Theorem 2.14 (p. 24); see [70] for the details. The following proof of Proposition 7.11 can be easily adapted to the case of Dirichlet conditions. In this way we can get a new proof of part (b) of Proposition 6.10 (p. 111), but only in the special case of the balls. In this case the multiplier method, and also those of Carleman estimates and of microlocal analysis, are more efficient. As we have already remarked at the end of the preceding section, the direct inequality (7.24) holds if we introduce a stronger energy, corresponding to stronger Sobolev norms; see, e.g., [65].

Proof. According to Proposition 3.6 (p. 51), the solutions of (7.23) are given by the same formula (7.18); we have only to modify the definition of ωm,k by this time setting ωm,k := c2m,k + a. With this change, the proofs of the estimates (7.19) and (7.20) remain valid. Moreover, the proof of (7.20) remains valid for every (arbitrarily short) interval I. This follows from the fact that since cm,1 → ∞ by part (d) of Proposition 7.9 (p. 137), parts (b) and (c) of the same proposition imply that inf ωm,k+1 − ωm,k = inf c2m,k+1 − c2m,k → ∞ k

k

as m → ∞. Thus for any fixed interval I we may apply Ingham’s theorem for all but finitely many indices m, which ensures the uniformity of the constants again. We leave the details to the reader.

7.6 Spherical Membranes and Plates

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7.6 Spherical Membranes and Plates In this section we consider the problems  u

− ∆u + au = 0 u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1 and



u

+ ∆2 u + au = 0 u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in in

R × Γ, Γ,

(7.25)

in in

R × Γ, Γ,

(7.26)

where Γ is an N -dimensional sphere, i.e., the boundary of a ball in RN +1 , and ∆ denotes the Laplace–Beltrami operator on Γ . They describe the small transversal vibrations of spherical membranes and plates. We study the internal observability of these problems by observing the solutions on some given open subset Γ0 of Γ . We may assume by scaling that Γ is the unit sphere of RN +1 . Then we recall from Lemma 7.3 (p. 130) that L2 (Γ ) is the orthogonal direct sum of the finite-dimensional subspaces Sm formed by the spherical harmonics of order m for m = 0, 1, . . . . Furthermore, we recall, e.g., from [127] that every Sm is an eigenspace of −∆ with the eigenvalue γm = m(m + N − 1). Let us denote by Z the linear hull of the spherical harmonics, and for every real number s, let us denote by Ds the completion of Z with respect to the Euclidean norm 2    am em  := (1 + γm )s |am |2 ,  m

s

m

where em belongs to Sm . Then, motivated by the works of Haraux [49] and Lions [97], pp. 405–407, it is natural for us to investigate the validity of the estimates   2 2 u0 0 + u1 −1 |u|2 dΓ dt (7.27) I

Γ0

for the solutions of (7.25), and the validity of the estimates   u0 20 + u1 2−2 |u|2 dΓ dt I

(7.28)

Γ0

for the solutions of (7.26). Concerning the wave equation, the following result is a special case of a theorem of Rauch and Taylor [117], proved by microlocal analysis: Proposition 7.12. Let I be an interval of length |I| > 2π. Then the solutions of (7.25) satisfy the estimates (7.27) if and only if every great circle of Γ meets Γ0 . The purpose of this section is to establish a similar result for the plate model:

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Proposition 7.13. Let I be an arbitrary interval. Then the solutions of (7.26) satisfy the estimates (7.28) if and only if every great circle of Γ meets Γ0 . Remark. If we consider a sphere Γ of radius R, then the condition T > 2π is replaced by T > 2πR in Proposition 7.12, while Proposition 7.13 remains valid in the same form. Instead of establishing Proposition 7.13 directly, we shall deduce it from Proposition 7.12, by reformulating the estimates (7.27) and (7.28) in terms of the spherical harmonics. Lemma 7.14. Let I be an interval of length |I| > 2π. Then the solutions of (7.25) satisfy the estimates (7.27) if and only if   2 |e| dΓ |e|2 dΓ (7.29) Γ

Γ0

for all spherical harmonics e. √ Proof. Set ωm := γm + a. If e ∈ Sm , then u(t, x) := eiωm t e(x) is a solution of (7.25). Applying (7.27), we obtain (7.29). Conversely, the general solution of (7.25) is given by the formula u(t, x) =

∞

−iωm t − eiωm t e+ em (x) m (x) + e

m=0 − with suitable coefficients e+ initial data. (It is m , em ∈ Sm , depending on the √ sufficient to consider finite sums, as usual.) The family {± γm } satisfies the hypotheses of Theorem 4.6 with γ
= 1 (p. 67), so that



|u(t, x)|2 dΓ dt

I

∞

2 − 2 |e+ m (x)| + |em (x)|

m=0

for all x ∈ Γ , with corresponding constants independent of x. Integrating over Γ0 and using Fubini’s theorem, we obtain that 

T

0



|u|2 dΓ dt

Γ0

∞  m=0

2 − 2 |e+ m | + |em | dΓ.

Γ0

In view of (7.29) we still have an equivalent expression if we integrate over Γ instead of Γ0 , and we conclude by observing that ∞  m=0

Γ

2 − 2 2 2 |e+ m | + |em | dΓ u0 0 + u1 −1

by a direct computation.

7.7 Another Spherical Membrane

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Lemma 7.15. Let I be an arbitrary interval. The solutions of (7.26) satisfy the estimates (7.28) if and only if there exists a constant c such that the relations (7.29) are satisfied. Proof. We repeat the proof of the preceding lemma with three changes:  2 + a; • we set ωm := γm • we apply Theorem 4.6 with γ
= 0; • u1 2−1 is changed to u1 2−2 . Using Lemmas 7.14 and 7.15, Proposition 7.13 follows at once from Proposition 7.12.

7.7 Another Spherical Membrane Spherical membranes of opening angle θ0 = π/2 were studied in [104]. It was shown in [42] that this system is not controllable; this result was generalized to systems of mixed order in [43]. In this section we deal with the partial exact controllability of spherical membranes of opening angle 0 < θ0 < π, with a hole of opening angle 0 < θ 1 < θ0 . We denote by u(t, θ) and w(t, θ) the meridional and radial displacements, respectively. According to the linear shell theory of Love and Koiter [105], the vibration of this membrane is modeled by the following system: ⎧ ⎪ utt − Lu − (1 − ν)u + (1 + ν)w
= 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ 1+ν
⎪ ⎪ ⎨wtt − sin θ (u sin θ) + 2(1 + ν)w = 0 u(t, θ1 ) = u(t, θ0 ) = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ u(0, θ) = u0 (θ), ut (0, θ) = u1 (θ) ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩w(0, θ) = w (θ), w (0, θ) = w (θ) 0 t 1

in R × (θ1 , θ0 ), in R × (θ1 , θ0 ), for t ∈ R, for θ ∈ (θ1 , θ0 ), for θ ∈ (θ1 , θ0 ).

(7.30)

Here
and the subscript stand for the derivatives with respect to θ and t, respectively, ν is a given constant satisfying 0 < ν < 1/2, and the operator L is defined by the following formula: Lv := v

+ v
cos θ −

v . sin2 θ

One can show by applying the method of Chapter 3 that this problem is well-posed for (u0 , w0 , u1 , w1 ) ∈ H01 (θ1 , θ0 ) × L2 (θ1 , θ0 ) × L2 (θ1 , θ0 ) × L2 (θ1 , θ0 ). Furthermore, if (u, v) is a solution with w0 = w1 = 0, then we have

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u(t, θ) =

∞ ∞

iω+ t

iω− t +  −  ak e k + a−k e−iωk t ek (θ) + bk e k + b−k e−iωk t ek (θ) k=1

k=1

with suitable complex numbers a±k , b±k , depending on the initial data, where e1 , e2 ,. . . is an orthonormal basis in L2 (θ1 , θ0 ), formed by eigenfunctions of −L in H01 (θ1 , θ0 ), with corresponding eigenvalues λ1 , λ2 ,. . . , and the exponents ωk± are given by the following formulae:   (λk + 1 + 3ν) ± (λk + 1 + 3ν)2 − 4(1 − ν 2 )(λk − 2) ± ωk = . (7.31) 2 The following observability estimate is similar to some earlier results obtained in [104]: Proposition 7.16. Let I be an interval of length > 2(θ0 − θ1 ). Then the solutions of (7.30) with w0 = w1 = 0 satisfy the estimates 

 |ak |2 + |bk |2 |e
k (θ0 )|2 . |u
(t, θ0 )|2 dt I

k∈Z∗

Remark. Applying the spectral theory as described in the first chapter of Titchmarsh’s book [131], we obtain the asymptotic formula 

λk =

kπ + o(1) θ0 − θ1

as k → ∞. Using the expression (7.31) of the exponents ωk± , it follows that + − ωk+ → ωk+1

π θ0 − θ1

and ωk− →

 1 − ν2.

In particular, the family {ωk± } does not satisfy the uniform gap condition of Ingham’s theorem. In view of the last remark, we cannot apply Ingham’s theorem. However, we will be able to conclude by applying one of its variants, to be described in the next section, by the following observation: $ Lemma 7.17. There exists a convergent series k∈Z∗ pk of positive numbers such that the solutions of (7.30) with w0 = w1 = 0 satisfy the following relations: |bk |2 ≤ pk |ak |2 for all k.

7.8 A Variant of Ingham’s Theorem

149

Proof. Setting βk+ :=

(λk − 1 + ν)[(ωk− )2 − (λk − 1 + ν)] − λk (1 + ν)2 ωk+ [(ωk− )2 − (ωk+ )2 ]

βk− :=

(λk − 1 + ν)[(ωk+ )2 − (λk − 1 + ν)] − λk (1 + ν)2 ωk− [(ωk− )2 − (ωk+ )2 ]

and

for brevity, we see that a straightforward computation leads to the relations ak =

  βk+

βk−

+ − ρ and b ω + iσ = k k k k + 2 − 2 ρk ωk − iσk (ωk ) (ωk )

with suitable real numbers ρk and σk , k ∈ Z∗ . Using (7.31), a straightforward computation3 leads to the following asymptotic estimates as k → ±∞: ωk+ k, ωk− 1, βk+ k, βk− 1/k 2 . Since ρk and σk are real numbers, it follows that ρk ωk− − iσk ρk ωk+ + iσk is bounded with respect to k and therefore bk = O(1/k). ak We may thus choose pk = c/k 2 with a sufficiently large constant c.

7.8 A Variant of Ingham’s Theorem We prove a variant of Ingham’s theorem, whose application completes the proof of Proposition 7.16 in the preceding section. Although the result was obtained in [104], here the proof is given in a shorter form. Let (ωk+ )k∈K − and $ (ωk )k∈K be two families of real numbers, γ > 0 a positive number, and k∈K pk a convergent series of positive numbers. Assume that

3

|ωk+ − ωn+ | ≥ γ

for all k = n,

(7.32)

|ωk+

for all k and n,

(7.33)

−

ωn− |

≥γ

See [104] for the details.

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and all elements of the family (ωk− )k∈K are isolated.

(7.34)

Then the formula γ
:= sup

inf

A⊂K k,n∈K\A k=n

& % + |ωk − ωn+ |, |ωk+ − ωn− | ,

where A runs over the finite subsets of K, defines a number γ
≥ γ. Theorem 7.18. Assume (7.32)–(7.34). Then for every bounded interval I of length |I| > π/γ
, the estimates 

 − 2 2 |x(t)|2 dt |x+ (7.35) k | + |xk | I

k∈K

are satisfied for all sums x(t) =



+

−

iωk t iωk t x+ + x− ke ke

k∈K − with square-summable complex coefficients x+ k , xk such that + 2 2 |x− k | ≤ pk |xk |

for all

k.

(7.36)

Remark. As usual, the direct part of (7.35) holds for every interval I. Proof. As in the proof of Ingham’s theorem (p. 62), if G : R → R is a continuous even function having a compact support and g : R → R is its Fourier transform, then  ∞

 1 + − − − − g(t)|x(t)|2 dt = G(ωk+ − ωn+ )x+ k xn + G(ωk − ωn )xk xn 2π −∞ k,n∈K

 − − + − + G(ωk+ − ωn− )x+ + k xn + G(ωk − ωn )xk xn . k,n∈K

If, moreover, G vanishes outside the interval (−π, π), then the last sum vanishes by (7.33), while the first one reduces to   − 2 G(0) + |x+ G(ωk− − ωn− )x− k| k xn k∈K

k,n∈K

by (7.32), so that  ∞ 1 g(t)|x(t)|2 dt 2π −∞   − 2 + = G(0) |x+ G(ωk− − ωn− )x− k| k xn . (7.37) k∈K

k,n∈K

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151

Applying Theorem 4.6 (p. 67),4 we see that it suffices to establish the estimates (7.35) for sums over K\A instead of K, where A is an arbitrarily chosen finite subset of K. Choose a number γ

< γ
such that |I| > 2π/γ

and then choose A such that the inequalities (7.32) and (7.33) are satisfied with γ

instead of γ, and such that pk < ε k∈K

for a small ε > 0, to be chosen later. We may assume by a scaling argument that γ

= π. It is sufficient to prove the inverse inequality for intervals of the form (−R, R) with R > 1. Choosing the same functions G and g as in the proof of Ingham’s theorem, we have the following: • • •

g ≤ 0 outside (−R, R), G(0) > 0, G has finite maximum µ on R.

Therefore, using (7.36), the last sum in (7.37) can be majorized as follows:



− − G(ωk− − ωn− )x− x |x−

≤µ

n k k ||xn | k,n∈K

k,n∈K

√  √  pn |x+ pk |x+ n| k|

≤µ

k,n∈K

µ  2 + 2 pn |x+ ≤ k | + pk |xn | 2 k,n∈K   2 =µ pk |x+ | k k∈K

≤ µε



k∈K 2 |x+ k| .

k∈K

If we choose ε < G(0)/µ at the beginning, then using this estimate, we deduce from (7.37) the inequality  ∞ α + 2  |xk | ≤

g(t)|x(t)|2 dt 2π G(0) − µε −∞ k∈K with α denoting the maximum of g in [−R, R]. This proves the inverse inequality for the intervals [−R, R]. It remains valid by translation for all intervals of length > 2. For the proof of the direct inequality, we choose again the same functions G and g as in the proof of Ingham’s theorem. Then 4

Here we use hypothesis (7.34).

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g ≥ 0 on R, g ≥ 1 on some small interval [−r, r], G attains it maximum in 0.

Therefore, we now deduce from (7.37) the following inequality:  r β 2 |x(t)|2 dt ≤ G(0)(1 + ε) |x+ k| . 2π −r k∈K

This proves the direct inequality for the interval [−r, r]. The general case follows by covering the interval I by finitely many translates of [−r, r].

8 Multidimensional Ingham-Type Theorems

In this chapter we generalize Ingham’s theorem to functions of several variables, i.e., to functions of the form xk eiωk ·t , t ∈ RN , (8.1) x(t) = k∈K

with complex coefficients xk , where (ωk )k∈K is a given family of vectors in RN . We improve a classical theorem of Kahane: our results show an interesting connection between Ingham-type theorems and the spectral theory of the Laplacian operator. We also prove related optimal results by using other norms of the Euclidean space. We then apply these results in order to extend some surprising internal observability theorems of Haraux and Jaffard concerning rectangular plates to arbitrary spatial dimensions.

8.1 On a Theorem of Kahane Let (ωk )k∈K be a family of vectors in RN . Given a Euclidean ball BR ⊂ RN of radius R, we are interested in the validity of the estimates  c1 |xk |2 ≤ |x(t)|2 dt ≤ c2 |xk |2 (8.2) k∈K

BR

k∈K

with suitable (strictly) positive constants c1 and c2 , independent of the particular choice of the coefficients xk . Fix 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ arbitrarily and let us denote by Brp the ball of radius r in RN with respect to the p-norm: Brp := {x ∈ RN : xp < r}. Here

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xp :=

N 

|xi |p

1/p

i=1

if 1 ≤ p < ∞ and

x∞ := max{|x1 |, . . . , |xN |}

for p = ∞. Similarly to the scalar case, (8.2) cannot hold unless there exists a number γ = γp > 0 such that ωk − ωn p ≥ γ

for all k = n.

(8.3)

We are going to prove the following result: Theorem 8.1. Assume (8.3) and let us denote by µp the first eigenvalue of √ p ). If R > µp , then all sums (8.1) with −∆ in the Sobolev space H01 (Bγ/2 square-summable complex coefficients xk satisfy the estimates (8.2). Remarks. •

•

•

For N = 1 this result reduces to Ingham’s theorem (p. 59) because the first eigenfunction of −∆ in H01 (−γ/2, γ/2) is (up to a multiplicative constant) the already familiar function cos(πx/γ), so that µp = π 2 /γ 2 , and BR is the interval (−R, R) of length 2R.1 In the Euclidean case p = 2 the above result strenghtens an earlier theorem of Kahane [61], by providing a weaker condition on R for the validity of (8.3). In terms of the Bessel functions our condition can be reformulated in the form R > 2ρN /γ, where ρN denotes the first positive root of the Bessel function J N −1 (x). 2 The theorem was obtained in [7] for p = 2 and p = ∞, and then in [103] for the general case.

We prove this theorem by adapting' Ingham’s method given in Section 4.2 (p. 62): instead of estimating BR |x(t)|2 dt directly, we estimate ' g(t)|x(t)|2 dt, where g(t) is a carefully chosen weight function for which RN the exponential functions eiωk ·t are mutually orthogonal. We proceed in four steps. First step: translation invariance. If (8.2) holds for some ball, then it also holds for every other ball of the same radius, with the same constants c1 and c2 . This follows by a simple change of variables. Hence it suffices to consider (Euclidean) balls BR centered at the origin. Second step: Fourier transfom. If G ∈ H01 (Bγp ) and G is continuous, then extending it by zero outside Bγp and introducing its Fourier transform  G(x)e−ix·t dx, t ∈ RN , g(t) := Bγp

1

Of course, in the one-dimensional case all p-norms are the same.

8.1 On a Theorem of Kahane



we have

g(t)|x(t)|2 dt = (2π)N G(0)

RN



|xk |2 .

155

(8.4)

k∈K

Indeed, this follows from the identity  g(t)|x(t)|2 dt = (2π)N xk xn G(ωk − ωn ), RN

k,n∈K

because as a consequence of (8.3), G(ωk − ωn ) = 0 whenever k = n. Third step: proof of the second estimate in (8.2). Let us denote by H p ), corresponding to the first eigenvalue µ. the eigenfunction of −∆ in H01 (Bγ/2 p Multiplying by −1 if necessary, we may assume that H > 0 in Bγ/2 . Extending N by zero outside this ball, we obtain a continuous function on R , still denoted by H. Let us denote by h the Fourier transform of H. Since the function H is radial and therefore even, for2 tq ≤ π/γ we have   −ix·t h(t) = H(x)e dx = H(x) cos x · t dx > 0 Bγ/2

Bγ/2

because for xp < γ/2 and tq ≤ π/γ we have |x · t| < γ/2, and therefore cos x · t > 0. Since h is continuous, it has thus a positive minimum on the compact set B := {t ∈ RN : tq ≤ π/γ}. With G := H ∗ H, it follows that G ∈ H01 (Bγp ), g = |h|2 ≥ 0 in

RN ,

and g

has a positive lower bound β in B.

Therefore, using (8.4) we have   2 g(t)|x(t)|2 dt = (2π)N G(0) |xk |2 , β |x(t)| dt ≤ B

RN

k∈K

proving the second inequality of (8.2) for B instead of BR , with c2 = (2π)N G(0)/β. The general case follows by covering BR with a finite number of translates of B and applying the triangle inequality. Fourth step: proof of the first estimate in (8.2). Consider the same function H as before. Now setting G := (R2 + ∆)(H ∗ H) and denoting its Fourier transform by g, we have 2

Here we denote by q the conjugate exponent of p.

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G ∈ H01 (Bγp ), g(t) = (R2 − |t|2 )|h(t)|2 ≤ 0

if |t| ≥ R.

Hence g is bounded from above in RN by some constant α. Using (8.4) we obtain that   N 2 2 (2π) G(0) |xk | = g(t)|x(t)| dt ≤ α |x(t)|2 dt. RN

k∈K

BR

This yields the first inequality of (8.2) with c1 = (2π)N G(0)/α, provided that G(0) > 0. √ This last inequality follows from our assumption R > µp and from the variational characterization of the first eigenvalue µ of the operator −∆ in p H01 (Bγ/2 ):  G(0) =

p Bγ/2

R2 H 2 − |∇H|2 dx = (R2 − µp )

 p Bγ/2

H 2 dx > 0.

8.2 On the Optimality of Theorem 8.1 √ The optimality of the condition R > µp in Theorem 8.1 remains a very interesting open question in the general case. In this section we establish the optimality in two particular cases. As in the preceding section, let (ωk )k∈K be a family of vectors in RN , satisfying for some 1 ≤ p ≤ ∞ and γ > 0 the gap condition (8.3). We are going to prove the following theorem: Theorem 8.2. Assume (8.3). √ (a) The inverse inequality in (8.2) can fail if p = ∞ and R < µ∞ . (b) The inverse inequality in (8.2) can also fail if N = 2, p = 1, and √ R < µ1 . Remarks. •

Part (a) was proved in [7] in an even more general form, by considering also functions of the form xk,j tj eiωk ·t , t ∈ RN , x(t) = k∈K |j|<M

where M is a given positive integer, j = (j1 , . . . , jN ) is a multi-index, and |j| = j1 + · · · + jN , •

Part (b) seems to be new.

tj = tj11 · · · tjNN .

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157

A simple scaling argument shows that it is sufficient to establish the above results for an arbitrarily chosen γ > 0. Proof of part (a). Let the exponents ωk run over the set ZN of points of RN all of whose coordinates are integers. Then (8.3) is satisfied with p = ∞ and γ = 1. Fix an arbitrarily small number 0 < ε < π and set (see Figure 8.1 )  1 if dist (t, 2πZN ) < ε, xε (t) := 0 otherwise, where the distance is taken in the usual Euclidean sense. The function xε is locally square-summable and 2-periodic in each variable. Developing it into an N -fold trigonometric Fourier series, we thus have xε (t) = xk eik·t k∈ZN

with square-summable coefficients xk . Since xε does not vanish identically, there are nonzero coefficients. Since xε vanishes identically in the ball of center √ π − ε, we conclude that the first inequality of (8.2) (π, . . . , π) and radius N√ cannot hold unless R > N π − ε. Since ε can be chosen arbitrarily small, √ √ we complete the proof by observing that µ∞ = N π because the first ∞ ) is given by the formula eigenfunction of −∆ in H01 (B1/2 H(x) = cos(πx1 ) · · · cos(πxN ), so that −∆H = N π 2 H. Proof of part (b). Consider the function xε introduced above. If N = 2, then setting t + t t − t 1 2 1 2 n = (k1 + k2 , k1 − k2 ) and s = , , 2 2 we have k · t = n · s, so that we may rewrite the Fourier expansion of xε in the new variable s in the form xε (t(s)) = xk(n) ein·s , n

where n = (n√1 , n2 ) runs over the elements of Z2 for which n1 + n2 is even. Since t2 = 2s2 and therefore   |xε (t)|2 dt = 2 |xε (t(s))|2 ds, BR√2

BR

it √ follows √ from part (a) that the first inequality of (8.2) cannot hold unless R 2 ≥ Nπ with N = 2; i.e. R ≥ π. We conclude by observing that the set of exponents n satisfies γ = 2 for√p = 1, and that µ1 = π 2 in the present case 1 is a square of side 2, so that the first eigenvalue of −∆ in B11 because Bγ/2 2 is equal to π .

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ε

ε

Fig. 8.1. Proof of part (b)

8.3 A Variant of Haraux’s Theorem In this section we extend Theorem 4.5 (p. 67) to the multidimensional case. Let (λk )k∈K be a family of vectors in CN satisfying sup|λk | < ∞, and for some k0 ∈ K the gap condition γ0 := inf λk − λk0 2 > 0. k=k0

Proposition 8.3. Assume that for some ball B0 ⊂ RN we have  |x(t)|2 dt |xk |2 B0

(8.5)

k∈K\{k0 }

for all finite sums of the form x(t) =



xk eλk ·t

(8.6)

k∈K\{k0 }

with complex coefficients xk . Then for every ball B having a strictly bigger radius we also have  |x(t)|2 dt |xk |2 (8.7) B

for all sums of the form

k∈K

8.3 A Variant of Haraux’s Theorem

x(t) =



xk eλk ·t

159

(8.8)

k∈K

with square-summable complex coefficients xk . The corresponding constants depend only on the balls B0 and B. Remark. We could also establish a more general result, similar to Theorem 6.2 (p. 93) by allowing more general terms tm eλk ·t in the sums where m is a multi-index. We consider only a less general situation, in order not to make the book too long. The proof is a straightforward adaptation of that given in Section 4.4 (p. 69), so we merely indicate the main steps. As in the one-dimensional case, it suffices to establish (8.7) for finite sums: the general case then follows by density. By rearranging the terms if necessary, we may assume that K is the set of nonnegative integers and k0 = 0. Proof of the direct part of (8.7). We can repeat the corresponding arguments in Section 4.4. First, the estimates (8.5) remain valid for every translate of the ball B0 . Then the direct part of (8.7) can be established on all these translated balls by an elementary argument using the triangle inequality. Finally, the direct part of (8.7) is proved for every ball by covering it by finitely many translates of B0 and using the triangle inequality again. Proof of the inverse part of (8.7). Given a ball B whose radius is bigger than that of B0 , choose a positive number δ that is smaller than the difference of the radii. Since the estimates (8.5) are valid for every translate of the ball B0 , we may assume that the balls B0 and B are concentric. For x given by (8.8), the formula  1 e−λ0 ·s x(t + s) ds, y(t) := x(t) − Vδ Bδ where Vδ denotes the volume of the ball Bδ := {s ∈ RN : |s| < δ}, defines a function y of the form (8.6): an easy computation shows that y(t) =

∞

(1 − g(λk − λ0 ))xk eλk ·t =:

k=1

∞

yk eλk ·t

k=1

with g(λ) :=

1 Vδ

 eλ·s ds. Bδ

If λ is a nonzero, purely imaginary vector, then |g(λ)| < 1, and g(λ) → 0 as |λ| → ∞. If all vectors λk − λ0 are purely imaginary, then we may conclude by the gap condition γ0 > 0 that

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2

ε := inf 1 − g(λk − λ0 ) > 0. k≥1

The same conclusion may be obtained in the general case, too, by slightly changing δ if necessary. Then using the assumption (8.5) we have  ∞ ∞ |xk |2 ≤ ε−1 |yk |2 ≤ c1 |y(t)|2 dt (8.9) k=1

B0

k=1

with a suitable constant c1 . Furthermore,

1 

2

2 2 e−λ0 ·s x(t + s) ds |y(t)| ≤ 2|x(t)| + 2 Vδ Bδ  2e2| λ0 |δ ≤ 2|x(t)|2 + |x(t + s)|2 ds Vδ Bδ  2e2| λ0 |δ 2 |x(s)|2 ds, = 2|x(t)| + Vδ Bδ (t) so that  B0

|y(t)|2 dt ≤ 2



|x(t)|2 dt +

B0



2e2| λ0 |δ Vδ



 Bδ (t)

B0

|x(s)|2 ds dt

  2e2| λ0 |δ =2 |x(t)|2 dt + |x(s)|2 dt ds Vδ B0 B Bδ (s)∩B0   ≤2 |x(t)|2 dt + 2e2| λ0 |δ |x(s)|2 ds B0 B 

 ≤ 2 + 2e2| λ0 |δ |x(s)|2 ds. B

Combining this with (8.9), we conclude that  ∞ |xk |2 ≤ c2 |x(s)|2 ds

(8.10)

B

k=1

with a suitable constant c2 . In order to recover (8.7) it remains to establish the estimate  (8.11) |x0 |2 ≤ c3 |x(s)|2 ds B

with a suitable constant c3 . Using the decomposition (8.8), we have   ∞

2



2 2 |x0 | ≤ c4 |x0 | dt ≤ 2c4 |x(t)|2 + xk eλk ·t dt B

B

k=1

with some constant c4 . Since using our assumption (8.5) and then (8.10) we have

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161

  ∞ ∞

2

λk ·t 2 xk e |xk | ≤ 4c2 c5 |x(s)|2 ds

dt ≤ c5 B k=1

B

k=1

with another constant c5 , we deduce from the preceding inequality that    |x0 |2 ≤ c4 |x0 |2 dt ≤ 2c4 |x(t)|2 dt + 8c2 c4 c5 |x(t)|2 . B

B

B

Thus (8.11) holds with c3 := 2c4 + 8c2 c4 c5 .

8.4 A Weakening of Ingham’s Condition We have already given a weakening of Ingham’s condition |I| > 2π/γ in Theorem 4.6, p. 67. The following result of Kahane is stronger; however, the proof is more involved. The results established in this section will also be used in the following chapter. Proposition 8.4. Let (ωk )k∈K be a family of vectors in RN , satisfying the uniform gap condition. Let K = K1 ∪ · · · ∪ Km be a partition of K, and assume that the estimates 



2

xk eiωk ·t dt |xk |2 , j = 1, . . . , m, (8.12)

BRj k∈K j

k∈Kj

hold for all finite sums with complex coefficients xk , with suitable numbers Rj . Then we also have 

2

xk eiωk ·t dt |xk |2 (8.13)

BR k∈K

k∈K

for every R > R1 + · · · + Rm , for all sums with square-summable complex coefficients. As usual, we may assume by translation that all balls are centered at zero, and it suffices to establish (8.13) for finite sums. If R ≤ min Rj , then the direct part of (8.13) follows from (8.12) by using the elementary inequality 

|z1 + · · · + zm |2 ≤ m |z1 |2 + · · · + |zm |2 . If R > min Rj , then the direct inequalities are obtained by covering BR by finitely many small balls and applying the already proved inequality on each of them. Turning to the proof of the inverse inequality, first we recall a basic result of functional analysis on biorthogonal families:

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Lemma 8.5. Let (fk )k∈K be a family of vectors in a Hilbert space H. Assume that 2    c1 |xk |2 ≤  xk fk  ≤ c2 |xk |2 (8.14) k∈K

k∈K

k∈K

for all finite linear combinations of these vectors, with two positive constants c1 and c2 . Then there exists another family (yk )k∈K of vectors in H such that (yk , fn ) = δkn

(8.15)

for all k, n ∈ K. Moreover, both families are bounded in H: √ √ fk  ≤ c2 and yk  ≤ 1/ c1 for all k. √ Proof. The inequalities fk  ≤ c2 follow at once from (8.14). Let us denote by wn the orthogonal projection of fn onto the closed linear subspace Hm of H spanned by the remaining vectors fk . Then we have (fn − wn , fk ) = 0

for all k = n

and (fn − wn , wn ) = 0, whence $

(fn − wn , fn ) = fn − wn 2 .

Writing fn − wn = xk fk , we have xn = 1, so that fn − wn 2 ≥ c1 by (8.14). Therefore, the formula yn := fn − wn −2 (fn − wn ) √ defines a family satisfying (8.15) and bounded by 1/ c1 . Turning to the proof of the proposition, we may (and will) assume that m = 2: the general case then follows by induction on m. Furthermore, we will extend every function ρ ∈ L2 (B) by zero to RN ; equivalently, ρ ∈ L2 (B) if ρ ∈ L2 (RN ) and ρ = 0 almost everywhere outside B. Setting henceforth fn (t) := eiωn ·t for brevity, we then have (ρ, fn )L2 (B) = ρ(ωn ) for all n by the definition of the Fourier transform. Fix a positive number r such that R ≥ R1 + R2 + 3r. Lemma 8.6. There exists a bounded family (ρk )k∈K in L2 (BR1 +R2 +r ) satisfying ρk (ωn ) = δkn for all k, n ∈ K.

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163

Proof. As a consequence of hypothesis (8.12) we may apply the preceding lemma to the family (fk )k∈Kj in L2 (BRj ), j = 1, 2: there exists a bounded family (ϕk )k∈Kj in L2 (BRj ) satisfying ϕ k (ωn ) = δkn for all k, n ∈ Kj , j = 1, 2. Since BRj has finite volume, the family (ϕk )k∈Kj is also bounded in L1 (BRj ) by H¨ older’s inequality. Furthermore, for each fixed k ∈ K1 , as a consequence of Proposition 8.3 (p. 158) we may also apply the preceding lemma to the family (fn )n∈K2 ∪{k} in L2 (BR2 +r ). In particular, there exists a function ψk ∈ L2 (BR2 +r ) satisfying ψk (ωk ) = 1,

and ψk (ωn ) = 0 for all n ∈ K2 .

Similarly, for every k ∈ K2 there exists a function ψk ∈ L2 (BR1 +r ) satisfying ψk (ωk ) = 1,

and ψk (ωn ) = 0 for all n ∈ K1 .

Note that by the uniform gap condition on the whole family (ωk )k∈K , we may choose the same constants in all estimates provided by Proposition 8.3, so that the family {ψk : k ∈ K1 } is bounded in L2 (BR2 +r ), and the family {ψk : k ∈ K2 } is bounded in L2 (BR1 +r ). Since the family (ϕk )k∈Kj is bounded in L1 (BRj ), the convolution product ρk := ϕk ∗ ψk defines a bounded family {ρk : k ∈ K} in L2 (BR1 +R2 +r ). (Here we use the elementary properties of the support of a convolution product and the fact that all balls are centered at the origin.) This family has the required properties. Indeed, we have k (ωk )ψk (ωk ) = 1 · 1 = 1 ρk (ωk ) = ϕ for all k ∈ K. It remains to show that if k = n, then ρk (ωn ) = 0. This follows from the equality k (ωn )ψk (ωn ) ρk (ωn ) = ϕ because one of the two factors on the right-hand side vanishes. Indeed, ϕk (ωn ) = 0 if k and n belong to a same index set Kj , and ψk (ωn ) = 0 otherwise. Now we can establish the inverse inequality of the proposition: Lemma 8.7. We have k∈K

for every finite sum

|xk |2 ≤ c

 BR

|x(t)|2 dt

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x(t) =



xk fk (t) =

k∈K



xk eiωk ·t

k∈K

with complex coefficients xk , where c is a constant independent of the particular choice of (xk ). Proof. It is sufficient to construct a function y ∈ L2 (BR ) satisfying |xk |2 = (y, x)L2 (BR ) and y2L2 (BR ) ≤ c |xk |2 . k∈K

k∈K

Then applying the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality, we have  2  |xk |2 ≤ y2L2 (BR ) x2L2 (BR ) ≤ c |xk |2 x2L2 (BR ) , k∈K

k∈K

and the required estimate follows. For the construction of y we are going to use the functions H and h introduced in the proof of Theorem 8.1 (p. 154) but by reversing the role of the variables t and x. More precisely, let us denote by H(t) the first eigenfunction of −∆ in H01 (Br ), normalized so that   H(t) dt = H(t) dt = 1, RN

Br

and let us introduce its Fourier transform h(ω) by the formula  H(t)e−iω·t dt, ω ∈ RN . h(ω) := RN

Then G := H ∗ H ∈ H01 (B2r ) is a bounded continuous function, whose Fourier transform  g(ω) := G(t)e−iω·t dt, ω ∈ RN , RN

is nonnegative because

g(ω) = |h(ω)|2 ,

and we have

g(0) = |h(0)|2 = 1

by the above normalization of H. Let us also introduce the functions Gn (t) := G(t)eiωn ·t , Their Fourier transforms gn (ω) :=

 RN

t ∈ RN ,

n ∈ K.

Gn (t)e−iω·t dt

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165

satisfy the simple algebraic relations gn (ω) = g(ω − ωn ) because gn (ω) =

 RN

Gn (t)e−iω·t dt =

 RN

G(t)e−i(ω−ωn )·t dt = g(ω − ωn ).

Note that Gn ∈ H01 (B2r ) for every n. Now for any given x(t) = xk fk (t) = xk eiωk ·t k∈K

k∈K

we define a function g(t) by the explicit formula g(t) =

1 xn (ρn ∗ Kn )(t). N (2π) n∈K

Since ρn vanishes outside BR1 +R2 +r , Gn vanishes outside B2r and R ≥ R1 + R2 + 3r, g belongs to L2 (BR ). A straightforward computation shows that 1  n (ωk ) xn xk ρn (ωk )G N (2π) n,k∈K = xn xk ρn (ωk )g(ωk − ωn )

(y, x)L2 (BR ) =

n,k∈K

=



|xk |2

k∈K

because ρn (ωk ) = δnk and g(0) = 1. It remains to estimate the L2 norm of y. Using Plancherel’s equality we have  2 |y(t)|2 dt yL2 (BR ) = RN  = (2π)−N | y (ω)|2 dω N R

2

−N = (2π) xn ρn (ω)gn (ω) dω.

RN n∈K

Since the Fourier transform sends L1 (RN ) continuously into L∞ (RN ) and since the family (ρn ) is bounded in L2 (BR ) and thus also in L1 (RN ), the family ( ρn ) is uniformly bounded in RN by some constant c1 . Since, moreover, gn ≥ 0 in RN , we deduce from the above equality the estimate

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y2L2(BR ) ≤ (2π)−N c21



2



|xn |gn (ω) dω.

RN n∈K

Using Plancherel’s equality again, we see that this is equivalent to the inequality  

2

2



y2L2 (BR ) ≤ c21 |xn |Gn (t) dt = |xn |G(t)eiωn ·t dt.

RN n∈K

RN n∈K

Since the function G(t) is bounded in follows that  y2L2 (BR ) ≤ c2

B2r and vanishes outside this ball, it



2

|xn |eiωn ·t dt

B2r n∈K

with another constant c2 . We conclude by recalling that the direct inequality has already been established, so that the right-hand side of the last inequality is majorized by a constant multiple of |xk |2 . k∈K

8.5 Internal Observability of Petrovsky Systems Let us return to the system ⎧

2 ⎪ ⎨u + ∆ u + au = 0 u = ∆u = 0 ⎪ ⎩ u(0) = u0 and u
(0) = u1

in R × Ω, on R × Γ, in Ω,

(8.16)

of Section 3.5 (p. 48). We recall from Proposition 3.5 that this problem is well-posed for u0 ∈ H 2 (Ω) ∩ H01 (Ω)

and u1 ∈ L2 (Ω),

and that the energy of the solutions is defined by the formula  1 |u(t, x)|2 + |∆u(t, x)|2 + |u
(t, x)|2 dx, t ∈ R. E(t) := 2 Ω Assuming that we can observe the solution only on some open subset Ω0 of Ω and a time interval I, we are led to investigate the validity of the estimates   |u
|2 dx dt E(0). (8.17) I

Ω0

They hold if Ω0 = Ω. Indeed, writing3 3 See Proposition 3.5, p. 48. We assume for simplicity that ωm = 0 for all m. The results remain valid without this assumption by the usual modifications of the proofs.

8.5 Internal Observability of Petrovsky Systems

u(t, x) =

∞

167

(ak eiωk t + a−k e−iωk t )ek (x),

k=1

we have E(0)

∞

 |ωk |2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 ,

k=1

and



|u
(t, x)|2 dx =

Ω

∞

ak iωk eiωk t − a−k iωk e−iωk t 2

(8.18)

k=1

by the orthonormality of the functions ek . For any given interval I we have 





ak iωk eiωk t − a−k iωk e−iωk t 2 dt |ωk |2 |ak |2 + |a−k |2 I

uniformly in k, because we may apply Ingham’s Theorem 4.3 (p. 59) for all but finitely many indices k, and Theorem 4.6 (p. 67) for the remaining finitely many indices. (Since we have only two-term sums, these estimates can also be obtained by a direct computation, without applying these theorems.) Hence, integrating (8.18) over I, we obtain (8.17) with Ω in place of Ω0 . On the other hand, (8.17) does not hold for an arbitrary (nonempty) open subset Ω0 of Ω. Indeed, we have already seen in the analogous problem concerning a spherical plate in Section 7.5 (p. 143) that the domain of observation has to satisfy some geometric conditions. Nevertheless, according to some theorems of Haraux [49] and Jaffard [54], [55], the rectangular plates enjoy a particular situation: the estimates (8.17) hold for all nonempty open subsets Ω0 of Ω. Their result was extended to arbitrary dimensions in [65]; we have in fact the following result: Proposition 8.8. Let Ω be the product of N open intervals in RN , Ω0 an arbitrary nonempty open subset of Ω, and I an arbitrary interval. Then the estimates (8.17) hold for all solutions of (8.16). In order to simplify the formulae, we prove this proposition here only in the special case
1 = · · · =
N = π

and a1 = · · · = aN = 0.

(In [65] it was assumed that a1 = · · · = aN = 0.) At the end of the section we indicate the (small) changes to be done in the general case. Beginning of the proof. The solutions of (8.16) are given by the formula u(t, x) =

N

 − −i|k|2 t i|k|2 t a+ e + a e sin kj xj k k k∈NN

j=1

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− with suitable complex coefficients a+ k and ak , where N denotes the set of (strictly) positive integers and we use the notation

k = (k1 , . . . , kN ) and x = (x1 , . . . , xN ). Using Euler’s formula sin z =

eiz − e−iz , 2i

we may rewrite it in the form i(|k|2 t+k·x) −i(|k|2 t+k·x) u(t, x) = b+ + b− ke ke k∈(Z∗ )N − ∗ with new complex coefficients b+ k and bk , where Z denotes the set of nonzero integers. Using this formula, a straightforward computation shows that

 − 2 2 |k|4 |b+ E(0) = π N k | + |bk | k∈(Z∗ )N

and

u
(t, x) =



i(|k| i|k|2 b+ ke

2

t+k·x)

−i(|k| − i|k|2 b− ke

2

t+k·x)

.

k∈(Z∗ )N

Therefore, putting 2 + c+ k := i|k| bk ,

2 − c− k := −i|k| bk ,

and ωk := (|k|2 , k) = (|k|2 , k1 , . . . , kN )

for brevity, the estimates (8.17) may be rewritten in the following form: 



2



− 2 iωk ·(t,x) iωk ·(t,x) 2 |c+ c+ + c−

dx dt ke ke k | + |ck | . I×Ω0 k∈(Z∗ )N

k∈(Z∗ )N

Thus the proposition will be proved if we establish the following stronger result: Lemma 8.9. Set ωk := (|k|2 , k) for all k ∈ ZN . The following estimates hold for every nonempty, bounded, open set G in RN +1 : 

2



− 2 iωk ·(t,x) iωk ·(t,x) 2 |c+ (8.19) c+ + c−

dx dt ke ke k | + |ck | . G

k∈ZN k=0

k∈ZN k=0

It is sufficient to prove the estimates (8.19) for arbitrarily small balls G = BR . Indeed, the general case then easily follows by covering G by a finite number of translates of BR and by applying the triangle inequality, as we have already done several times before.

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The following observation is crucial. Given a positive number R, assume that there exists a partition of the family {±ωk : k ∈ ZN , into finitely many, say m, subfamilies, such that √ 2 µ1 + ···+ γ1

k = 0}

(8.20)

each of which has a uniform gap γj √ 2 µ1 < R. γm

Here µ1 denotes, as in Theorem 8.1 (p. 154), the first eigenvalue of −∆ in H01 (B1 ). Then (8.19) holds for G = BR . Indeed, as a consequence of Theorem 8.1, the corresponding estimates hold for the subfamilies with G = BRj , Rj = √ 2 µ1 /γj . Since R > R1 + · · · + Rm and since the whole family also has a uniform gap (observe that all components of all vectors are integers), we conclude by applying Proposition 8.4 (p. 161). The following result states that there exist such partitions for every R > 0; this will complete the proof of Proposition 8.8. In order to simplify the notation, let us denote by d(A) the largest uniform gap of a set A ⊂ RN +1 , i.e., d(A) := inf{a − a
2 : a, a
∈ A, a = a
}. Note that d(A) = ∞ if A has at most one point. Lemma 8.10. For every given ε > 0, the family (8.20) has a finite partition Y1 ,. . . , Ym satisfying 1 1 + ··· + < ε. d(Y1 ) d(Ym ) Proof. Since the family (8.20) is the union of the congruent sets Z := {ωk : k ∈ ZN ,

k = 0} and

− Z,

it suffices to prove that Z has the above-mentioned property. Fix a small positive number δ, say4 0 < δ < 1/(N + 1)!. A subset X of Z is called r-thin if there exist nonzero vectors k1 , . . . , kr ∈ ZN and intervals I1 ,. . . , Ir of length δ such that −δ ≤ kj · kn ≤ δ

for all j = n

and kj · k ∈ Ij

for all k ∈ X

and j = 1, . . . , r.

Observe that Z itself is a 0-thin set. Furthermore, by the above choice of δ, an N -thin set has at most one element. Indeed, if an N -thin set had two distinct elements (|m|2 , m) and (|m + k0 |2 , m + k0 ), then we would have for each j the relations 4

This choice will be explained soon.

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kj · (m + k0 ) ∈ Ij

and kj · m ∈ Ij ,

implying −δ ≤ kj · k0 ≤ δ 5

because |Ij | = δ. Since kj · kj ≥ 1 for j = 0, . . . , N , it would follow that the determinant |kj · kn |N j,n=0 was different from zero by our choice of δ. But this is impossible because the N + 1 vectors k0 ,. . . , kN cannot be linearly independent in the N -dimensional space RN . The following step is crucial. If X is an r-thin set and c a positive number, then let us denote by X(c) the set of points (|m|2 , m) ∈ X such that |k·m| ≥ c2 for all nonzero vectors k ∈ ZN satisfying |k| < c,

and |kj · k| ≤ δ,

j = 1, . . . , r.

(8.21)

We have d(X(c)) ≥ c

(8.22)

for all c > 0, i.e., X(c) has a big uniform gap if we choose a sufficiently large c. It suffices to show that if (|m|2 , m) and (|m + k|2 , m + k) are two distinct elements of X(c), then at least one of the two following inequalities is satisfied:

|k| ≥ c or |m + k|2 − |m|2 ≥ c. It follows again from the definition of X that |kj · k| ≤ δ for j = 1, . . . , r. Therefore, if |k| < c, then we deduce from the definition of X(c) that |k · m| ≥ c2 . Consequently, we have

|m + k|2 − |m|2 = |2m · k − k · k| ≥ 2|m · k| − |k|2 > 2c2 − c2 = c2 . The following step is decisive: if X is an r-thin set for some r < N and c is a positive number, then X\X(c) has a finite covering by (r + 1)-thin sets. Indeed, let I be a finite set of intervals I of length δ, covering [−c2 , c2 ], and let K be the (finite) set of nonzero vectors k ∈ ZN satisfying (8.21). Then, by the definition of X(c) a suitable covering is given by the sets {(|m|2 , m) : k · m ∈ I}, 5

We recall that all components are integers.

I ∈ I,

k ∈ K.

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Now we are ready to complete the proof of the lemma. Since Z is a 0-thin set, choosing c1 > 1/ε, setting Y1 := Z(c1 ), and using the last observation, we obtain a finite covering Z = Y1 ∪ X2 ∪ · · · ∪ Xp of Z, where 1 <ε d(Y1 ) by (8.22), and X2 ,. . . , Xp are 1-thin sets. Next choose a sufficiently large positive number c2 such that p−1 1 + < ε. d(Y1 ) c2 Setting Yj := Xj (c2 ) for j = 2, . . . , p and using the same observation as before, we obtain a finite covering Z = Y1 ∪ Y2 ∪ · · · ∪ Yp ∪ Xp+1 ∪ · · · ∪ Xq of Z such that

1 1 + ···+ <ε d(Y1 ) d(Yp )

and Xp+1 ,. . . , Xq are 2-thin sets. Continuing this construction, after N steps we obtain a finite covering Z = Y1 ∪ Y2 ∪ · · · ∪ Yr ∪ Xr+1 ∪ · · · ∪ Xs of Z such that

1 1 + ···+ <ε d(Y1 ) d(Yr )

and Xr+1 ,. . . , Xs are N -thin sets. We conclude by recalling that d(A) = ∞ for all N -thin sets, so that 1 1 1 1 + ···+ + + ··· + < ε. d(Y1 ) d(Yr ) d(Xr+1 ) d(Xs ) The above proof can easily be adapted to the general case. First of all, if Ω is the product of intervals of differing lengths, then the above proof remains valid; we have only to modify the notation; see, e.g., [65], where the proof was carried out in the general case. Next, if lower-order terms are also allowed in the equations, then we may have a finite number of nonreal exponents. However, it follows from the asymptotic behavior of the eigenvalues that the influence of the lower-order terms is very small if we neglect a (sufficiently large) finite number of exponents ωk . In particular, the crucial Lemma 8.10 remains valid if we remove a finite number of exponents ωk . If none of the ωn ’s is equal to zero, then the theorem easily follows by applying Proposition 8.3

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(p. 158) in the usual way. Otherwise, we have to generalize Proposition 8.3 in the direction outlined in a remark following the statement of this proposition. More precisely, denoting by N the set on indices k for which ωk = 0, we have to prove that if for some ball B0 ⊂ RN +1 we have 

2

xk eωk ·(t,x) dt |xk |2

B0 k∈K\N

k∈K\N

for all finite sums with complex coefficients xk , then for every ball B having a strictly bigger radius, we also have 

2

βk teωk ·(t,x) + xk eωk ·(t,x) dt dt |xk |2

B k∈N

k∈K

k∈K

for all sums with square-summable complex coefficients βk and xk . This can be established by a simple adaptation of the proof of Theorem 6.2, which is left to the reader.

9 A General Ingham-Type Theorem

The main purpose of this section is to establish a far-reaching generalization of Ingham’s Theorem 4.3 (p. 59). Our main Theorem 9.4, obtained in [8] and [9], will contain as a special case a celebrated improvement of Ingham’s theorem, due to Beurling, who determined the critical length of the intervals for the validity of the estimates. Moreover, and this will be essential in our applications in the following chapter, we will also weaken the uniform gap condition. Our main result is motivated and formulated in Section 9.1, and its proof occupies the following four sections. Ingham’s original motivation was to give a simple proof of an important theorem of P´ olya on singular points of certain Dirichlet series. Subsequently, P´ olya’s theorem was generalized by Bernstein. In the last Section 9.6 of this chapter we present a simple proof, given in [79], of Bernstein’s theorem by following the ideas of Ingham but by applying our Theorem 9.4 instead of his Theorem 4.3. The proof Theorem 9.4 is long, so the reader may prefer to read, just after Section 9.1, either Section 9.6 on the Dirichlet series, or the following Chapter 10, which is entirely based on this theorem. Having seen its usefulness, the reader can then return to learn the proof, too.

9.1 Generalization of a Theorem of Beurling Let us begin improving Ingham’s Theorem 4.3: Theorem 9.1. Assume that a sequence (λn )∞ n=−∞ of real numbers satisfies for some γ1 > 0 the gap condition λn+1 − λn ≥ γ1

for all

n.

(9.1)

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Furthermore, assume that for some γ > 0 and an integer M ≥ 1 we also have1 λn+M − λn ≥ M γ

for all

n.

Then for any fixed interval I of length |I| > 2π/γ, all finite sums f (t) = bn eiλn t , bn ∈ C,

(9.2)

(9.3)

n

satisfy the estimates

 I

|f (t)|2 dt



|bn |2 .

(9.4)

n

Proof. Fix an interval J of length |J| = |I|/M . As a consequence of (9.2) we may apply Ingham’s theorem to each of of the M subsequences (ωMk+j )∞ k=−∞ , j = 1, . . . , M . As a consequence of hypothesis (9.1) we may conclude by applying Proposition 8.4 (p. 161). Theorem 9.1 is optimal. In order to show this, let us introduce, following P´ olya [113], the upper density D+ of the sequence (λn ). It is defined by the formula n+ (r) , D+ := lim r→∞ r where n+ (r) denotes the largest number of terms of the sequence (λn ) contained in an interval of length r. The existence of the limit follows from the subadditivity relation n+ (r + s) ≤ n+ (r) + n+ (s) for all r, s > 0. Indeed, set α = inf r>0 n+ (r)/r, choose β > α arbitrarily, and then choose R > 0 such that n+ (R)/R < β. For every r > R, writing r = mR + s with an integer m ≥ 1 and with 0 ≤ s < R, we have α≤

n+ ((m + 1)R) (m + 1)n+ (R) m + 1 n+ (R) n+ (r) ≤ ≤ = . r mR mR m R

If r → ∞, then m → ∞, and therefore n+ (r)/r < β for all sufficiently large r. Letting β → α, we conclude that n+ (r)/r → α as r → ∞. According to a celebrated theorem of Beurling [14] (see also Seip [124]), the critical length is equal to 2πD+ : Theorem 9.2. (Beurling) Let (λn ) satisfy the condition (9.1) again. Then the estimates (9.4) hold if |I| > 2πD+ , and they do not hold if |I| < 2πD+ . A counterexample of Ingham [52] shows that the estimates (9.4) can fail in the limiting case |I| = 2πD+ . 1

Of course, this condition is satisfied with γ = γ1 and M = 1. The point is that we can sometimes choose a number γ > γ1 that leads to a weakening of the condition on the length of I in the estimate (9.4).

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Example. Consider the sequence (λn ) given by λ2n = 2n and λ2n+1 = 2n + 10−3 for all n. Then condition (9.1) is satisfied with γ1 = 10−3 , so that Ingham’s theorem implies the estimates (9.4) for every bounded interval I of length > 2000π. On the other hand, we have D+ = 1 here, so that by Beurling’s theorem the estimates (9.4) hold in fact for every bounded interval I of length > 2π, and they do not hold if I is shorter than 2π. Example. Consider the sequence (λn ) given by λn = n3 for all n. Then condition (9.1) is satisfied with γ1 = 1, so that Ingham’s theorem implies the estimates (9.4) for every bounded interval I of length > 2π. On the other hand, now we have D+ = 0, so that by Beurling’s theorem the estimates (9.4) hold in fact for every interval I. Let us show that the assumptions of the preceding two theorems on the length of I are equivalent; hence the sufficient part of Beurling’s theorem is equivelent to Theorem 9.1: Proposition 9.3. Given an increasing sequence (λn ) and an interval I, the condition |I| > 2πD+ is equivalent to the existence of a number γ > 0 and of an integer M ≥ 1 such that |I| > 2π/γ and λn+M − λn ≥ M γ

for all

n.

(8.2)

Proof. Condition (9.2) implies at once that, more generally, λn+kM − λn ≥ kM γ

for all n

for k = 1, 2, . . . . These relations imply the inequalities n+ (kM γ) ≤ kM + 1,

k = 1, 2, . . . .

Letting k → ∞, we conclude that D+ ≤ γ −1 , and therefore the condition |I| > 2π/γ implies that |I| > 2πD+ . Conversely, given a bounded interval of length |I| > 2πD+ , choose a number γ > 0 such that 2π |I| > > 2πD+ , γ and then choose a sufficiently large r such that n+ (r) 2π > 2π . γ r We may assume that M := r/γ is an integer. Then we have n+ (r) < M , which implies that λn+M − λn > r for all n. Since r = M γ, this is just the condition (9.2).

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The preceding theorems do not apply to the following example: Example. Consider the increasing sequence (λn ) of the numbers n3 and n3 + n−3 , where n runs over all odd integers. Then condition (9.2) is satisfied with M = 2 and γ = 1.5, but we do not have a uniform gap γ1 . Applying Theorem 3 in [6] (proved in Theorem 2.1 in [7]), an improvement of earlier results of Jaffard, Tucsnak, and Zuazua [56], [57] and of Castro and Zuazua [23], we obtain for every bounded interval I of length > 3π the estimate 

 |f (t)|2 dt |bn + bn−1 |2 + |n|−3 |bn |2 + |bn−1 |2 , I

where n runs over the odd integers. In view of second example above it is natural to expect that the estimates of the third example hold in fact for every bounded interval I. We will confirm this conjecture by applying a generalization of Theorem 9.1 for sequences not necessarily having a uniform gap. In order to formulate our main result, we introduce the divided differences of exponential functions with close exponents. Let (λn )∞ n=−∞ be an increasing sequence of real numbers, satisfying for some integer M ≥ 1 and a real number γ > 0 the condition (9.2). (For M = 1 this assumption implies that the sequence is strictly increasing. On the other hand, for M > 1 we can have repeated terms, but no term can be repeated more than M times.) Fix a number 0 < γ
≤ γ and denote by Aj (j = 1, . . . , M ) the set of integers m satisfying the following conditions: ⎧
⎪ ⎨λm − λm−1 ≥ γ ,
λn − λn−1 < γ for m + 1 ≤ n ≤ m + j − 1, ⎪ ⎩ λm+j − λm+j−1 ≥ γ
. We say sometimes that the exponents λm ,. . . , λm+j−1 form a chain of close exponents for γ
. Then the M (M + 1)/2 sets Aj + k := {n + k : n ∈ Aj },

0 ≤ k < j ≤ M,

are disjoint. Furthermore, since by (9.2) we cannot have M consecutive distances λn+1 − λn < γ
, they form a partition of the set Z of all integers. Let us introduce for m ∈ Aj the divided differences em (t),. . . , em+j−1 (t) of the exponential functions fn (t) := eiλn t ,

n = m, . . . , m + j − 1,

by the formula (see, e.g., [53], theorem 2, p. 250)  sn−m−1  1  s1 n−m en (t) := (it) ··· A dsn−m · · · ds1 0

with

0

0

(9.5)

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 A := exp i(sn−m [λn − λn−1 ] + · · · + s1 [λm+1 − λm ] + λm )t for n = m, . . . , m + j − 1. We have em = fm in particular. If λm ,. . . , λn are distinct, then (9.5) is equivalent to the familiar expression n n 


en (t) :=

−1 (λp − λq ) fp (t),

p=m q=m

where the sign
in the products indicates the omission of the zero factor corresponding to q = p. In the other extreme case, in which λm = · · · = λn , we have en (t) = tn−m eiλn t . Let us consider the (finite) sums of the form f (t) =

∞

an en (t),

an ∈ C.

(9.6)

n=−∞

If the sequence (λn ) is strictly increasing, then the set of functions of the forms (9.3) and (9.6) coincide. In the general case (see Lemma 9.5 below) the set of functions (9.6) is the linear span of the functions tj exp(iλn t), where n runs over the integers and j = 0, . . . , k − 1 if λn appears k times in the sequence (λn ). In particular, the set of functions of the form (9.6) always contains those of the form (9.3). Theorem 9.4. Given a (not necessarily strictly) increasing sequence (λn ) of real numbers satisfying λn+M − λn ≥ M γ

for all

n,

(8.2)

fix 0 < γ
≤ γ arbitrarily and introduce the sequence of functions (en ) as described above. The sums (9.6) satisfy the estimates 

|f (t)|2 dt

I

∞

|an |2

(9.7)

n=−∞

for every interval I of length |I| > 2πγ. The corresponding constants c1 and c2 depend only on M , γ, γ
, and on the interval I. Moreover, for every real number σ > M − (1/2) we also have the estimates 

∞

−∞

(1 + t2 )−σ |f (t)|2 dt

∞

|an |2

n=−∞

with corresponding constants depending on M , γ, γ
, and σ. Several remarks are in order.

(9.8)

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Remarks. • •

•

According to Proposition 9.3, the estimates (9.7) hold (for a suitable choice of the functions en ) whenever |I| > 2πD+ . Mehrenberger established recently in [108] that no estimate of this type can hold if |I| < 2πD+ . The liberty of choosing 0 < γ
≤ γ instead of γ
= γ is useful because the structure of the sequence (en ) may become simpler for a smaller γ
. Indeed, by diminishing γ
some chains of close exponents for γ can break into several shorter chains of close exponents for γ
. For example, if the sequence (λn ) satisfies not only (9.2) but also the gap condition (9.1) with some γ1 (which may be much smaller than γ), then choosing 0 < γ
≤ min(γ1 , γ), we have A1 = Z and A2 = · · · = AM = ∅, so that Theorem 9.4 reduces to Beurling’s theorem. Consider an extreme case in which the sequence (λn ) is not strictly increasing. If every term of the sequence (λn ) is repeated M times, then we obtain that the estimates (9.4) hold for all sums of the form f (t) =

∞ M−1

aMk+p tp eiλM k t ,

an ∈ C.

k=−∞ p=0

This was proved in a different way in [7] (where the case of several variables was also studied). If the exponents are the integers, then this result was proved earlier by Ullrich [133] (in that special case he also established the estimates for intervals of critical length). Example. Applying Theorem 9.4, we obtain that the estimates of the third example hold for every (arbitrarily small) interval I. We prove Theorem 9.4 in Sections 9.2–9.4 by generalizing a method of Kahane [61]. Part of his approach is simplified by applying the method of Haraux [48]. In this chapter the letters c, c1 , c2 , etc., will denote various (strictly) positive constants depending only on M , γ, γ
, and on the intervals I and/or J under consideration.

9.2 Chains of Close Exponents In the rest of this chapter we assume that the assumptions of Theorem 9.4 are fulfilled. In order to simplify the notation we shall write p ∼ q if there exists m ∈ Aj such that both p and q belong to the set {m, . . . , m + j − 1}, i.e., if λp and λq belong to the same chain of close exponents beginning with λm and ending with λm+j−1 . Our first lemma shows that if Theorem 9.4 is established for some particular value of 0 < γ
≤ γ, then it holds for all values 0 < γ
≤ γ. This will be

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useful later, because the proof of Theorem 9.4 will be simplified by assuming that γ
is sufficiently small. Let λm ≤ · · · ≤ λm+j−1 be a chain of close exponents for γ
= γ. Fix a number 0 < γ
< γ, then this chain breaks into r chains of close exponents for γ
, say λm ≤ · · · ≤ λm+j1 −1 , . . . , λm+jr−1 ≤ · · · ≤ λm+jr −1 ,

jr = j.

(We do not exclude the case r = 1 when the chain does not break, but then the following lemma is obvious.) Lemma 9.5. Let us denote by (En ) and (en ), respectively, the sequences of divided differences in Theorem 9.4 corresponding to the choices γ
= γ and 0 < γ
< γ as above. Then both sequences em , . . . , em+j−1

and

Em , . . . , Em+j−1

are linearly independent, and they span the same vector space. Moreover, there exist two positive constants c1 , c2 > 0, depending only on M , γ, and γ
such that |an |2 ≤ |An |2 ≤ c2 |an |2 c1 n∼m

whenever

n∼m



n∼m



an e n =

n∼m

An En .

n∼m

Proof. Assume, for example, that the chain λm ≤ · · · ≤ λm+j−1 of close exponents for γ breaks into r chains of close exponents for γ
as indicated above. It follows directly from the definitions that γ
≤ λp − λq < M γ

(9.9)

whenever m ≤ q < m + jk and m + jk ≤ p < m + j for some k, and that en = En

if m ≤ n < m + j1 .

(9.10)

Furthermore, we claim that em+jk =

m+j k p−1  p=m q=m

(λm+jk − λq )Ep

(9.11)

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and ep =

m+j k −1 

(λp − λq )Ep

if m + jk < p < m + jk+1 ,

(9.12)

q=m

for k = 1, . . . , r − 1. Indeed, we deduce from Newton’s interpolational formula fn =

n p−1 

(λn − λq )Ep ,

n = m, . . . , m + j − 1,

p=m q=m

that fn = fm+jk +

n

p−1 

(λn − λq )Ep

if m + jk ≤ p < m + jk+1 . (9.13)

p=m+jk +1 q=m

Furthermore, applying Newton’s interpolational formula for the sequence (en ), we also have fn = em+jk +

n

p−1 

(λn −λq )ep

if m+jk ≤ p < m+jk+1 . (9.14)

p=m+jk +1 q=m+jk

Since em+jk = fm+jk , comparing (9.13) and (9.14) shows that the relations (9.11) and (9.12) follow. Let us show that the sequence Em ,. . . , Em+j−1 is linearly independent. Assume that the exponents λm ,. . . , λm+j−1 take r distinct values λm1 ,. . . , λmr , with multiplicities j1 ,. . . , jr , respectively, so that j1 + · · · + jr = j. Then, choosing a sufficiently small γ
, we obtain that the functions em , . . . , em+j−1 are constant multiples of tq eiλms t , s = 1, . . . , r, q = 0, . . . , jr − 1. It is well known from the theory of ordinary linear differential equations (see, e.g., [26]) that the latter system is linearly independent. It follows from (9.9)–(9.12) that em ,. . . , em+j−1 all belong to the linear span of Em ,. . . , Em+j−1 . Hence the latter is at least j-dimensional. This proves the linear independence of Em ,. . . , Em+j−1 . Now let us turn back to the original choice of γ
. It follows from (9.9)–(9.12) that n αnp Ep , n = m, . . . , m + j − 1, (9.15) en = p=m

with suitable coefficients αnp satisfying min{1, γ
}M ≤ |αnp | ≤ max{1, M γ}M . Hence

n∼m

an e n =

n p=m n∼m

an αnp Ep

(9.16)

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181

for all n ∼ m, so that



|Ap | = an αnp ≤ c max{|am |, . . . , |ap |} n∼p

if p ∼ m, and therefore

|Ap |2 ≤ c2

p∼m



|ap |2 ,

p∼m

with some constants c, c2 depending only on M and γ. Now observe that the transformation matrix in (9.15) is triangular. Therefore, using (9.16) we obtain the relations Ep =

p

βpn en ,

p = m, . . . , m + j − 1,

(9.17)

n=m

with suitable coefficients βpn , bounded by some constant depending only on M , γ, and γ
. Since the system Em ,. . . , Em+j−1 is already known to be linearly independent, we deduce from these relations that em ,. . . , em+j−1 are also linearly independent. Finally, it follows from the relations (9.17) as above that |an | ≤ c max{|Am |, . . . , |An |}, and therefore

n∼m

|an |2 ≤ c1



n ∼ m,

|An |2 ,

n∼m

with some constants c, c1 depending only on M , γ, and γ
. In the sequel the sequence (en ) will correspond to the fixed value of γ
as given in Theorem 9.4. First we establish the direct inequality for each chain of close exponents, by giving an estimate of the constants as functions of the integral limits. This will be needed later. Lemma 9.6. Fix a number R > 0. There exists a constant c1 = c1 (R) such that for every m ∈ Aj (1 ≤ j ≤ M ) and for every real number b, all linear combinations of em , . . . , em+j−1 satisfy the estimates 

b+R

b−R



p∼m

2

ap ep dt ≤ c1 (1 + b2 )M−1 |ap |2 . p∼m

Proof. First we deduce from the formula (9.5) the inequalities |ep (t)| ≤ |t|p−m for all real t and for all m ∼ p. Then we have

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b+R

b−R



2 

ap ep dt ≤ j

p∼m

p∼m

≤j

b+R

|t|2p−2m dt · |ap |2

b−R



≤ 2Rj

|ap ep |2 dt

b−R



p∼m

b+R

(R + |b|)2(p−m) · |ap |2

p∼m 2

≤ 2Rj (1 + R + |b|)2j−2 |ap |2 . Since j ≤ M , the lemma follows. Finally, we establish the inverse inequality for each chain of close exponents. Lemma 9.7. For every interval I there exists a constant c > 0 such that for every m ∈ Aj (1 ≤ j ≤ M ), all linear combinations of em , . . . , em+j−1 satisfy the estimates 

2

|ap |2 ≤ c ap ep dt. (9.18) I p∼m

p∼m

Proof. It follows from the linear independence of em , . . . , em+j−1 that the estimates (9.18) are satisfied for every choice of λm ,. . . , λm+j−1 . The proof will be completed if we show that we can choose the same constant c > 0 in (9.18) for each fixed 1 ≤ j ≤ M , for all choices of λm ≤ · · · ≤ λm+j−1 satisfying λm+j−1 − λm ≤ M γ. For each choice of these exponents, let us denote by C(λm , . . . , λm+j−1 ) the smallest number c satisfying (9.18). This function is continuous because the formula (9.5) shows that the functions ep depend continuously on numbers λm ,. . . , λm+j−1 . Observe that the integral in (9.18) does not change if we add the same real number to each λp . We may therefore restrict ourselves to the choices of numbers 0 = λm ≤ · · · ≤ λm+j−1 ≤ M γ. Since this is a compact set, the continuous function C(λm , . . . , λm+j−1 ) has a finite maximum c on it. The proof is complete.

9.3 Proof of the Direct Part of Theorem 9.4 The following two lemmas establish the easier half of Theorem 9.4. Lemma 9.8. For every interval I, all sums f (t) =

∞ n=−∞

an en (t)

(9.19)

9.3 Proof of the Direct Part of Theorem 9.4

satisfy the estimate



∞

|f (t)|2 dt ≤ c

I

183

|an |2

n=−∞

with a constant c depending only on M , γ, γ
, and on the interval I. Proof. We may assume by a scaling argument that γ
= M π. Consider the functions H and h introduced at the beginning of Section 4.2, p. 62. Set K := H ∗ · · · ∗ H with 2M factors in the convolution, and let us denote by k = h2M its Fourier transform. Then K, k are continuous functions on the real line, and we have the following properties: K(x) = 0 if k(0) = 4

M

|x| ≥ M π,

> 1,

0 ≤ k(t) ≤ C(1 + t2 )−2M

for all real t,

with some constant C. Let us fix a number r > 0 such that k ≥ 1 in [−r, r]. It follows that for every fixed real number a there exists a constant c2 such that 0 ≤ k(t − a) ≤ c2 (1 + b2 )−2M

whenever b − 1 < t < b + 1.

(9.20)

Let us denote by Ka the inverse Fourier transform of k(t−a) given by Ka (x) = e−iax K(x). We have the following estimate:  a+r  ∞ 2 |f (t)| dt ≤ k(t − a)|f (t)|2 dt −∞

a−r

= 2π

M



Ka (λp − λq )ap aq

j=1 m∈Aj p,q∼m

because Ka (λp − λq ) = 0 whenever |λp − λq | ≥ M π. Hence 

a+r

|f (t)|2 dt ≤

a−r

M  j=1 m∈Aj

∞

−∞



2

k(t − a) ap ep (t) dt.

(9.21)

p∼m

Applying Lemma 9.6 with R = 1/2, b ∈ Z, and using (9.20), we see that every integral on the right-hand side of (9.21) can be majorized as follows: 

∞

−∞



2

k(t − a) ap ep (t) dt p∼m

≤

∞

c1 c2 (1 + b2 )−M−1

b=−∞

Therefore, we deduce from (9.21) the estimate

p∼m

|ap |2 =: c

p∼m

|ap |2 .

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a+r

|f (t)|2 dt ≤ c

a−r

M

∞

|ap |2 = c

j=1 m∈Aj p∼m

|an |2 .

n=−∞

Now, every interval I can be covered by finitely many intervals of length 2r, say by I1 ,. . . , Im . Then we have 

2

|f (t)| dt ≤ I

m 

|f (t)|2 dt ≤ (c1 + · · · + cm )

Ip

p=1

∞

|an |2 ,

n=−∞

and the lemma follows. Lemma 9.9. For every real number σ > M − (1/2), all sums (9.19) satisfy the estimates  ∞ ∞ (1 + t2 )−σ |f (t)|2 dt ≤ c |an |2 −∞

n=−∞


with a constant c depending only on M , γ, γ , and σ. Proof. Fix r as in the preceding lemma. Fix a large positive integer M
(to be chosen later) and introduce a function k as in the proof of Lemma 9.8, but by defining K as the convolution product of M
factors H instead of 2M factors. Then we have the following chain of inequalities (the constants c depend on r, and at the end we apply Lemma 9.6 in order to introduce the factor (1 + b2 )M−1 ): 

∞

−∞

(1 + t2 )−σ |f (t)|2 dt ∞ 

=

a=−∞ ∞

≤c

≤c

(a+1)r

(1 + t2 )−σ |f (t)|2 dt

ar 2 −σ

(a+1)r

(1 + a )

a=−∞ ∞

(1 + a2 )−σ

M  ∞

|f (t)|2 dt

ar



∞

−∞

a=−∞

=c



k(t − ar)|f (t)|2 dt

(1 + a2 )−σ

j=1 m∈Aj a=−∞

=c

M

∞ 

(1 + a2 )−σ

j=1 m∈Aj a=−∞



∞

−∞



2

k(t − ar) ap ep (t) dt

∞ b=−∞

p∼m



(b+1)r

br



2

k(t − ar) ap ep (t) dt p∼m

9.3 Proof of the Direct Part of Theorem 9.4

≤c

M  ∞

∞

−M
1 + (b − a)2

(1 + a2 )−σ

j=1 m∈Aj a=−∞

b=−∞



(b+1)r



×

br

≤c

M 

185

|ap |2

∞ 

j=1 m∈Aj p∼m

2

ap ep (t) dt

p∼m

(1 + a2 )−σ

a=−∞ ∞

−M
1 + (b − a)2 (1 + b2 )M−1

×

b=−∞ ∞

= cK

|an |2

n=−∞

with K :=

∞

(1 + a2 )−σ

a=−∞

∞

−M
(1 + b2 )M−1 . 1 + (b − a)2 b=−∞

It remains to show that K < ∞. Choose a (small) ε > 0 such that 1 −σ + M − 1 + ε < − ; 2 this is possible by our assumption on σ. Assume for the moment that ∞

−M
1 + (b − a)2 (1 + b2 )M−1 ≤ c(1 + a2 )M−1+ε

(9.22)

b=−∞

with a constant c that does not depend on a. Then K≤c

∞

(1 + a2 )−σ+M−1+ε ;

a=−∞

since the last series converges, we conclude that K < ∞. For the proof of (9.22) assume by symmetry that a ≥ 0. Choosing M
≥ M , we have ∞

−M
1 + (b − a)2 (1 + b2 )M−1

(9.23)

b=a+1

=

∞




(1 + n2 )−M (1 + (a + n)2 )M−1

n=1 ∞

≤4




n−2M (1 + a2 )M−1 n2M−2

n=1

≤ 7(1 + a2 )M−1

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and −1

−M
1 + (b − a)2 (1 + b2 )M−1

(9.24)

b=−∞

= ≤ ≤

∞




(1 + (a + n)2 )−M (1 + n2 )M−1

n=1 ∞

(1 + n2 )M−1−M




n=1 ∞

(1 + n2 )−1 < ∞.

n=1

Now choose q > 1 such that 1/q < ε, then p > 1 such that p−1 + q −1 = 1, and finally M
≥ M such that 2M
p > 1. Using the H¨older inequality we have a

−M
1 + (b − a)2 (1 + b2 )M−1 b=0

≤

a a 1/q 

−M
p 1/p  1 + (b − a)2 (1 + b2 )(M−1)q b=0

≤c

a 

(1 + b2 )(M−1)q

1/q

b=0

.

b=0

Since a  1/q (1 + b2 )(M−1)q ≤ (1 + a)1/q (1 + a2 )M−1 b=0

≤ (1 + a2 )M−1+(1/q) ≤ (1 + a2 )M−1+ε , we conclude that a

−M
1 + (b − a)2 (1 + b2 )M−1 ≤ c(1 + a2 )M−1+ε .

(9.25)

b=0

The inequality (9.22) now follows from (9.23), (9.24), and (9.25).

9.4 Biorthogonal Sequences Now we turn to the proof of the inverse inequality. We recall the notation fn (t) := eiλn t for the exponential functions.

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187

We shall use the congruence notation modulo M : we write n ≡ k if M divides n − k, i.e., if n ∈ k + M Z. Furthermore, every function ϕ ∈ L2 (I), where I is an interval, will be automatically extended by zero to the whole real line, so that ϕ ∈ L2 (R) and ϕ = 0 in R\I. Lemma 9.10. Fix an integer 1 ≤ k ≤ M . For every interval I of length |I| > 2π/(M γ) we have 

2

bn fn dt |bn |2

I n≡k

n≡k

for all finite sums with complex coefficients bn . (The corresponding constants depend only on M , γ, and |I|.) Proof. As a consequence of condition (9.2) we have λm − λn ≥ M γ whenever m ≡ n and m > n. We conclude by applying Ingham’s Theorem 9.1. Lemma 9.11. Fix an integer 1 ≤ k ≤ M and an integer m ∈ Aj for some 1 ≤ j ≤ M . For every interval J of length |J| > 2π/(M γ) we have 

2

an e n + bn fn dt |an |2 + |bn |2

J n∼m

n∼m

n≡k n∼m

n≡k n∼m

for all finite sums with complex coefficients an and bn . (The corresponding constants depend only on M , γ, γ
, and |J|.) This result is stronger than the preceding lemma because we added all close exponents belonging to the chain of λm . Proof. The direct inequality follows from Lemmas 9.7 and 9.10 by applying the triangle inequality. Indeed, writing an e n + bn fn =: g + h (9.26) f := n∼m

n≡k n∼m

for brevity, we have    |f |2 dt ≤ 2|g|2 + 2|h|2 dt ≤ c |an |2 + |bn |2 J

J

n∼m

with a constant depending only on M , γ, γ
, and |J|.

n≡k n∼m

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For the proof of the inverse inequality fix an interval I = (a, b) of length |I| > 2π/(M γ) and a number r > 0 such that J = (a − jr, b + jr). Similarly to the proof of Theorem 6.2 (p. 93), let us introduce the product I := Iλm · · · Iλm+j−1 of the operators 1 (Iλk f )(t) := f (t) − 2r



r

e−iλk s f (t + s) ds,

−r

k = m, . . . , m + j − 1.

Applying the scalar case of Lemma 6.3 (p. 96) j times, we obtain that for f given by (9.26), If has the form (If )(t) = b
n fn , n≡k, n∼m

and that the following inequalities are satisfied with a constant c depending only on M and γ
:   2 |(If )(t)| dt ≤ c |f (t)|2 dt, I

J

|bn | ≤ c|b
n | for all n. Applying Lemma 9.10 for If , we conclude that  |bn |2 ≤ c |f (t)|2 dt, and then also that



|h(t)|2 dt ≤ c



J

Hence

 J

|g(t)|2 dt ≤

(9.27)

J

n≡k, n∼m

|f (t)|2 dt.

J



2|f (t)|2 + 2|h(t)|2 dt ≤ c



J

|f (t)|2 dt.

J

Applying Lemma 9.7, we see that the last inequality implies that  |an |2 ≤ c |f (t)|2 dt. n∼m

(9.28)

J

The lemma now follows from (9.27) and (9.28). Next we establish a variant of Lemma 8.6 (p. 162): Lemma 9.12. Fix an interval I of length |I| > 2π/γ. There exists a sequence (ϕm ) in L2 (I) such that (ϕm , en )L2 (I) = δmn

for all

m, n.

(9.29)

Furthermore, the sequence (ϕm ) is bounded in L2 (I) by some constant depending only on M , γ, γ
, and on the interval I.

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189

Proof. Choose M intervals I1 ,. . . , IM of length > 2π/(M γ) such that I1 + · · · + IM = I. Combining the preceding lemma with Lemma 8.5 (p. 162), we see that for each 1 ≤ k ≤ M there exists in L2 (Ik ) a bounded sequence (ϕk,m ) satisfying the conditions (ϕk,p , eq )L2 (Ik ) = δpq

whenever p ∼ q,

(9.30)

and whenever p ∼ q and q ≡ k.

(ϕk,p , fq )L2 (Ik ) = 0

(9.31)




(The bounds depend only on γ, γ , and on the interval I.) For every m ∈ Aj set ϕn = ϕ1,n ∗ ϕ2,m ∗ ϕ3,m ∗ · · · ∗ ϕM,m for all n ∼ m; then (ϕn ) is a bounded sequence in L2 (I) by elementary properties of the convolution. Furthermore, we have 1,n (λq )ϕ 2,m (λq ) · · · ϕ M,m (λq ) ϕ n (λq ) = ϕ

(9.32)

for all integers q. If q ∼ m, then choosing 1 ≤ k ≤ M such that q ≡ k, we see k,m (λq ) (if k > 1) on the right-hand that the factor ϕ 1,n (λq ) (if k = 1) or ϕ side of (9.32) vanishes by (9.31), so that n (λq ) = 0. (ϕn , fq )L2 (I) = ϕ Taking linear combinations, it follows that (ϕn , eq )L2 (I) = 0 whenever q ∼ m. It remains to prove that (ϕn − ϕ1,n , eq )L2 (I) = 0

(9.33)

whenever n ∼ m and q ∼ n. Indeed, then (9.29) will follow from (9.30). Of course, (9.33) is equivalent to (ϕn − ϕ1,n , fq )L2 (I) = 0 for all n ∼ m and q ∼ n, i.e., to ϕ n (λq ) = ϕ 1,n (λq ). As a consequence of (9.32) this will follow if we show that ϕ k,m (λq ) = 1 for all 2 ≤ k ≤ M and q ∼ m. In fact, this is an easy consequence (even if k = 1) of the Newton interpolational formula

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9 A General Ingham-Type Theorem

fq = em + (λq − λm )em+1 + · · · + (λq − λm ) · · · (λq − λq−1 )eq . Indeed, we have ϕ k,m (λq ) = (ϕk,m , fq ) = (ϕk,m , em ) + (λq − λm )(ϕk,m , em+1 ) + · · · + (λq − λm ) · · · (λq − λq−1 )(ϕk,m , eq ) = (ϕk,m , em ) = 1 by the biorthogonality properties of ϕk,m .

9.5 Proof of the Inverse Part of Theorem 9.4 Let us observe that for every bounded interval I and for every number σ > M − (1/2) we have clearly   ∞ 2 |f (t)| dt ≤ c (1 + t2 )−σ |f (t)|2 dt, I

−∞

where c denotes the supremum of (1 + t2 )σ on I. Hence it suffices to prove for every interval J of length |J| > 2π/γ the estimate 

2

2 (9.34) an en dt. |an | ≤ c J

We follow a similar strategy as in Section 8.4 (p. 161). Instead of establishing (9.34) directly for all finite sums (9.35) f= an e n , it will be easier to construct a function y such that |an |2 ≤ c(y, f )L2 (J) and

y2L2 (J) ≤ c



|an |2 .

(9.36)

(9.37)

Then (9.34) will follow by applying the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality. Indeed, we have 1/2  |an |2 ≤ c(y, f )L2 (J) ≤ cyL2 (J) · f L2(J) ≤ c f L2 (J) , |an |2 which implies (9.34). Turning to the construction of y, choose an interval I = (α, β) of length |I| > 2π/γ and a number r > 0 such that

9.5 Proof of the Inverse Part of Theorem 9.4

191

J = (α − r, β + r). Then fix a biorthogonal sequence (ϕm ) in L2 (I) satisfying the conditions of the preceding lemma. Next, choose a real-valued even function H ∈ Cc∞ (−r/2, r/2) satisfying  ∞

H(t) dt = 1 −∞



and

∞

tj H(t) dt = 0,

j = 1, . . . , M,

−∞

and set G := H ∗ H. Denoting by h and g the Fourier transforms of H and G, respectively, we have g(λ) = |g(λ)|2 ≥ 0 g(0) = 1, g (j) (0) = 0,

for all λ ∈ R,

j = 1, . . . , M.

(9.38) (9.39) (9.40)

Fix a number 0 < γ
≤ γ such that |g (j) (λ)| ≤ 1/M

for all |λ| ≤ M γ


and j = 1, . . . , M.

(9.41)

Now, given given a function f of the form (9.35), we define another function y(t) by the formula g(λ) = an ϕ n (λ)g(λ − λn ). We shall establish the estimates (9.36) and (9.37) in the following two lemmas. This will complete the proof of Theorem 9.4. Lemma 9.13. The estimates (9.36) are satisfied with a constant c that does not depend on the particular choice of f . Proof. Let us assume for the moment that if m ∈ Aj for some 1 ≤ j ≤ M , then (y, ep ) =

p

g(λq − λq , . . . , λp − λq )aq ,

m ≤ p < m + j,

(9.42)

q=m

where we use the divided differences of the function g(λ). As a consequence of (9.41) we deduce from the formula (9.5) that |g(λq − λq , . . . , λp − λq )| ≤

1 M

for all m ≤ q < p < m + j. Since we have also g(0) = 1 by (9.39), we deduce from the formula

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(y, f ) =

p M

g(λq − λq , . . . , λp − λq )aq ap

j=1 m∈Aj p∼m q=m

that M j=1 m∈Aj

p−1 M 1 |ap | ≤ |(y, f )| + |ap | · |aq | M j=1 p∼m p∼m q=m 2

m∈Aj

≤ |(y, f )| +

M 1

2

|ap |2 .

j=1 m∈Aj p∼m

Hence (9.36) follows with c = 2. It remains to prove (9.42). By a continuity argument we may assume that the exponents λm ,. . . , λm+j−1 are distinct. Applying Newton’s interpolational formula fr =

r

(λr − λm ) · · · (λr − λp−1 )ep ,

m ≤ r < m + j,

p=m

we deduce from (9.42) that (y, fr ) = =

=

r

(λr − λm ) · · · (λr − λp−1 )

p=m r r

p

g(λq − λq , . . . , λp − λq )aq

q=m

(λr − λm ) · · · (λr − λp−1 )g(λq − λq , . . . , λp − λq )aq

q=m p=q r

r

q=m

p=q

(λr − λm ) · · · (λr − λq−1 )

(λr − λq )

· · · (λr − λp−1 )g(λq − λq , . . . , λp − λq )aq =

r

(λr − λm ) · · · (λr − λq−1 )g(λr − λq )aq ,

q=m

i.e., (y, fr ) =

r

(λr − λm ) · · · (λr − λq−1 )g(λr − λq )aq ,

m ≤ r < m + j. (9.43)

q=m

Now, since (ep )m≤p<m+j

and (fr )m≤r<m+j

form two bases of the same vector space by Lemma 9.5, (9.43) also implies (9.42). Hence it suffices to verify (9.43). First of all, it follows from the orthogonality properties of ϕn that

9.5 Proof of the Inverse Part of Theorem 9.4

193

ϕ n (λr ) = (ϕn , fr ) = 0 whenever n ∼ m and also if r < n < m + j. Therefore, we deduce from the definition of y that r

(y, fr ) = y(λr ) =

an ϕ n (λr )g(λr − λn ).

n=m

Comparing this with (9.43), we need to verify only the equalities ϕ n (λr ) = (λr − λm ) · · · (λr − λn−1 ),

m ≤ n ≤ r < m + j,

and this follows from Newton’s interpolational formula ϕ n (λr ) = (ϕn , fr ) =

r

(λr − λm ) · · · (λr − λp−1 )(ϕn , ep )

p=m

because (ϕn , ep ) = δnp . Lemma 9.14. The estimates (9.37) are satisfied with a constant c that does not depend on the particular choice of f . Proof. Applying Plancherel’s theorem and using the nonnegativity of g(λ), we have  ∞  ∞ |y(t)|2 dt = c | y (λ)|2 dλ −∞

−∞



n (λ)| ≤ c sup |ϕ n,λ



∞

∞ 

−∞ n=−∞

2 |an |g(λ − λn ) dλ.

Since the sequence (ϕn ) is bounded in L2 (I), we have uniformly in n and λ the estimate  |ϕ n (λ)| ≤ ϕ n L∞ (R) ≤ ϕn L1 (R) = ϕn L1 (I) ≤ |I| · ϕn L2 (I) ≤ c. Therefore, the above inequality implies that 

∞

−∞

|y(t)|2 dt ≤ c



∞

∞ 

−∞ n=−∞

2 |an |g(λ − λn ) dt.

(9.44)

We majorize the last integral by applying Plancherel’s theorem again. Since ∞ n=−∞

is the Fourier transform of

|an |g(λ − λn )

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9 A General Ingham-Type Theorem ∞

|an |eiλn t G(t)

n=−∞

and since G(t) vanishes outside the interval (−r, r), we have 

∞

 2 |an |g(λ − λn ) dλ = c

∞ 

−∞ n=−∞

∞



2

|an |eiλn t G(t) dt.

r

−r n=−∞

Since G is continuous and has a compact support, it is bounded. Therefore, the last expression is majorized by  c

r

∞



2

|an |eiλn t dt,

−r n=−∞

so that we deduce from (9.44) the inequality 

∞

−∞

2

|y(t)| dt ≤ c



r

∞



2

|an |eiλn t dt.

−r n=−∞

It remains to show that  r ∞ ∞

2

|an |eiλn t dt ≤ c |an |2 .

−r n=−∞

n=−∞

This follows by decomposing the sequence into M subsequences and applying Ingham’s theorem to each corresponding integral. (This is justified by condition (9.2).) We have 

r

∞ M 



2

|an |eiλn t dt ≤ M

−r n=−∞

k=1

≤M

M

∞



2

|an |eiλn t dt

−r n≡k

ck

k=1

≤c

r



|an |2

n≡k

|an |2 .

n=−∞

9.6 Singular Points of Dirichlet Series Consider a Dirichlet series of the type f (s) = f (σ + ti) =

∞ n=1

dn e−λn s ,

(9.45)

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195

in which (λn ) is a strictly increasing sequence of strictly positive real numbers, σ and t denote the real and imaginary parts of s, respectively, and the coefficients dn are given real or complex numbers. We recall from the general theory (see, e.g., [13]) that there exists a number −∞ ≤ σ0 ≤ ∞ such that the series converges whenever σ > σ0 , and diverges whenever σ < σ0 . If this convergence abscissa σ0 is finite, then the vertical line σ = σ0 is called the convergence line of the series (9.45). We are going to give a new proof of the following theorem of Bernstein [13]: Theorem 9.15. Assume that the series (9.45) has a finite convergence abscissa, and that the sequence (λn ) has a finite upper density D+ . Furthermore, assume that log min{λn+1 − λn , 1} →0 (9.46) λn as n → ∞. Then every segment of length 2πD+ on the convergence line contains at least one singular point of f (s). Remark. Bernstein’s theorem generalized an earlier one due to P´ olya [113]. P´ olya assumed instead of the finiteness of D+ and (9.46) the stronger uniform gap condition λn+1 − λn ≥ γ for all n for some γ > 0, and he concluded that every segment of length 2π/γ on the convergence line contains at least one singular point of f (s). Ingham gave a simpler proof by applying his Theorem 4.3 (p. 59). We are going to proceed in a similar way to prove Bernstein’s theorem by applying Theorem 9.4 (p. 177). Assuming that Theorem 9.15 is false, we may assume without loss of generality that D+ = 1, that the convergence abscissa is equal to 0, and that f (s) has no singularity on the segment σ = 0 and −π ≤ t ≤ π. We may then choose a sufficiently small ε > 0 such that f (s) is regular in the closed rectangle −3ε ≤ σ ≤ 1 + 3ε,

|t| ≤ π + 4ε;

in particular, it is bounded by some constant A in this rectangle. For every nonnegative integer q and for every σ > 0 we have the convergent expansion f (q) (s) =

∞

(−1)q dm λqm e−λm s .

m=1

For 0 < σ ≤ 1,

|t| ≤ π + ε,

applying Cauchy’s formulae we have, denoting by C the circle |z| = 3ε, the following estimates:

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q!  f (s + z) q!A

|f (q) (s)| = dz ≤ . 2πi C z q+1 (3ε)q Putting

bm = (−1)q dm λqm e−λm σ ,

we may write f (q) (s) =

∞

bm e−iλm t .

m=1

We are going to estimate the coefficients bm . Let us choose γ and M by applying Proposition 9.3 (p. 175) to the interval I := (−π − ε, π + ε). Choosing furthermore γ
:= min{γ, 1} and introducing the divided differences as in Section 9.1 (p. 177), we may rewrite the above function in the form f (q) (s) =

∞

an en (t).

n=1

Applying Theorem 9.4 (p. 177) to this series, we obtain the inequalities |an | ≤ C(ε)

q!A (3ε)q

with some constant C(ε) independent of n and q. Putting nk+1 −2

Pm :=



(λj+1 − λj ) for

nk ≤ m < nk+1

j=nk

(with Pm := 1 if nk+1 = nk + 1), we have |Pm,n | ≥ Pm (γ
)n−nk+1 ≥ Pm (γ
)−M for all nk ≤ m ≤ n < nk+1 . Therefore, using the relations (3.4) between the coefficients an and bm , we deduce from the above estimates of an that |bm | ≤

M (γ
)M C(ε)A q! B q! =: . Pm (3ε)q Pm (3ε)q

More explicitly, we have |(−1)q dm λqm e−λm σ | ≤

B q! . Pm (3ε)q

Letting σ → 0, it follows that |dm |

B  2 q (2λm ε)q ≤ . q! Pm 3

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197

Summing from q = 0 to ∞, we deduce that |dm |e2λm ε ≤ Hence |dm |eλm ε ≤

3B . Pm

3B −λm ε e . Pm

We will show that the right-hand side of this inequality is of order O(e−mγε/2 ) as m → ∞. This will imply that the Dirichlet series converges for s = −ε, which is impossible because −ε is strictly smaller than the convergence abscissa σ = 0. It remains to establish the estimate e−λm ε ≤ C
e−mγε/2 Pm for all sufficiently large m, with some constant C
. Here and in the sequel, C
denotes various constants independent of m. Taking logarithms, we see that the desired estimate is equivalent to −λm ε + log

1 mγε ≤ C
− , Pm 2

or to

mγε 1 1 C
≤ε− log + . (9.47) 2λm λm Pm λm Here the left-hand side is majorized by an expression converging to ε/2. Indeed, observe that writing m = M k + r with integers k ≥ 0 and 1 ≤ r ≤ M , we have λm ≥ M kγ + λr = (m − r)γ + λr ≥ (m − M )γ.

Therefore,

ε m ε mγε mγε = → ≤ 2λm 2(m − M )γ 2m−M 2

as m → ∞. We complete our proof by showing that the right-hand side of (9.47) converges to ε. Since λm → ∞, we have only to show that log Pm → 0. λm Since

log P nk+1 −2

log(λj+1 − λj )

nk+1 −2

log(λj+1 − λj ) λj

m

=

=

λm λm λj λm j=n j=n k

k

if nk ≤ m < nk+1 , the desired relation follows from our hypothesis (9.46) because the number of terms in this sum is bounded by M and 0<

λn λj < k+1 → 1. λm λnk

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Remark. According to terminology introduced by Bernstein [13], the relation 1 1 log →0 λm Pm means that the condensation index of the sequence (λm ) is equal to zero.

10 Problems with Weakened Gap Conditions

In this chapter we demonstrate the usefulness of the general theorem of the preceding chapter by proving optimal simultaneous observability results for string and beam systems. Here we also need some tools from Diophantine approximation: generally speaking, our results hold only under some numbertheoretic hypotheses concerning the lengths of the strings or beams. The set of exceptional parameters has zero Lebesgue measure, but we prove that it has a maximal Hausdorff dimension. At the end we establish an optimal observability theorem for spherical shells with a central hole.

10.1 Simultaneous Observability of a System of Strings Consider a finite number of vibrating strings with fixed endpoints, one of which is common to all of them. Assuming that we can observe only the combined force exerted by the strings at the common endpoint during some time T , it is natural to ask whether we can identify all initial data. With
j denoting the lengths of the strings, a reasonable model describing these vibrations is given by the following uncoupled system: ⎧ uj,tt − uj,xx + aj uj = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ uj (t, 0) = uj (t,
j ) = 0 ⎪ u j (0, x) = uj0 (x) and uj,t (0, x) = uj1 (x) ⎪ ⎪ ⎩ j = 1, . . . , N,

in R × (0,
j ), for t ∈ R, for x ∈ (0,
j ),

(10.1)

where N ≥ 2 and a1 ,. . . , aN are given real numbers. We would like to know whether the linear map (u10 , . . . , uN 0 , u11 , . . . , uN 1 ) →

N j=1

uj,x (·, 0)

(10.2)

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is one-to-one in suitable, natural functions spaces. If this is so, then we would also like to obtain more precise, quantitative norm estimates. This problem was first studied by Jaffard, Tucsnak, and Zuazua [57] for N = 2. It follows from Propositions 4.7 and 4.8 (p. 73) that the system (10.1) is well-posed for uj0 ∈ H01 (0,
j )

and uj1 ∈ L2 (0,
j ),

j = 1, . . . , N,

and that formula (10.2) defines a continuous linear map of N 

N  H01 (0,
j ) × L2 (0,
j )

j=1

j=1

into L2loc (R). More precisely, the solutions of (10.1) satisfy the estimates  N N 

2

uj,x (t, 0) dt ≤ cI |∇uj0 |2 + |uj1 |2 dx

I j=1

j=1

Ω

on every interval I. Introducing the Hilbert spaces Ds as in Section 3.2 (p. 38), this estimate can be rewritten in the form  N N 

2

uj0 21 + uj1 20 . uj,x (t, 0) dt ≤ cI

I j=1

j=1

We are going to establish the following weakened converse of this inequality: Proposition 10.1. For almost all choices of (
1 , . . . ,
N ) ∈ (0, ∞)N , the solutions of (10.1) satisfy the estimates  N  N

2

2 2 uj,x (t, 0) dt uj0 s + uj1 s−1 ≤ cs,I

(10.3)

I j=1

j=1

on every interval I of length |I| > 2(
1 + · · · +
N ),

(10.4)

for every s < 2 − N . Moreover, if the numbers aj are distinct, then the estimate (10.3) also holds in the limiting case s = 2 − N . Remarks. •

The optimal condition (10.4) was first given (even for the case N = 2) in [8], with the proof published in [9].

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•

•

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If no lower-order terms are present in the equation, i.e., if a1 = · · · = aN = 0, then the proposition can be proved by applying D’Alembert’s formula; see D´ager and Zuazua [28]. We will show in this section that our first proof, given in [8], [9], easily extends to the general case. The necessity of a condition on the lengths of the strings is shown already in the case N = 2 by the following example, given in [7]: if
1 /
2 = p/q is a rational number, then the map (10.2) is not one-to-one for any interval I. Indeed, the formulae u1 (t, x) = eipπt/1 sin(pπx/
1 ), u2 (t, x) = −eiqπt/2 sin(qπx/
2 ), define a nonzero solution of (10.1) for which the right-hand side of (10.2) vanishes on R.

For our proof we recall, e.g., from [22], the following classical result of Diophantine approximation: Proposition 10.2. There exists a set Q ⊂ R of zero Lebesgue measure such that if z ∈ R\Q, then dist (kz, Z) ≥

cα (z) , kα

k = 1, 2, . . . ,

for every α > 1. It is clear that Q contains the rational numbers. In the sequel we assume that the lengths of the strings satisfy the condition /Q
j /
m ∈

for all j = m.

(10.5)

Using Fubini’s theorem one can readily verify that almost all N -tuples (
1 , . . . ,
N ) ∈ (0, ∞)N satisfy this condition. Let us also recall from the proof of Propositions 3.2 and 4.7 that putting  µj,k := kπ/
j and ωj,k := µ2j,k + aj for brevity, the solutions of (10.1) are given by the formulae uj (t, x) =

∞

(bj,k eiωj,k t + bj,−k e−iωj,k t ) sin µj,k x

(10.6)

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients bj,k and bj,−k . More precisely, these formulae are valid except for countably many particular values of the lengths
j , where ωj,k = 0 for some k. Since the corresponding N -tuples (
1 , . . . ,
N ) form a set of zero Lebesgue measure, we may exclude them from the considerations that follow. We need the following auxiliary result for the proof of Proposition 10.1.

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Lemma 10.3. Assume (10.5). There exists a number γ > 0 such that if 0 < |ωj,k − ωm,n | ≤ γ,

(10.7)

then j = m and |ωj,k − ωm,n | ≥

cα |ωj,k |α

and

|ωj,k − ωm,n | ≥

cα |ωm,n |α

for every α > 1, with a constant cα independent of the particular choice of ωj,k and ωm,n . Moreover, if the numbers aj are distinct, then we even have the estimates |ωj,k − ωm,n | ≥

cα |ωj,k |

and

|ωj,k − ωm,n | ≥

cα . |ωm,n |

Proof. Let us first consider the case a1 = · · · = aN = 0. Then we have ωj,k = µj,k := kπ/
j , so that if we choose γ < minj π/
j , the condition (10.7) implies that j = m. Note that this condition also implies the asymptotic relations |ωj,k | |ωm,n | k n.

(10.8)

Furthermore, applying Proposition 10.2, it follows from (10.7) that |ωj,k − ωm,n | |k(
m /
j ) − n| ≥

cα , kα

and the lemma follows by using (10.8). Turning to the general case, first we note the obvious asymptotic relations ωj,k =

1 kπ aj
j +O 3 , +
j 2kπ k

k → ∞,

for every j = 1, . . . , N . Hence, by choosing a possibly smaller value of γ, we have that (10.7) still implies the relation j = m. If (10.7) is satisfied, then these relations also imply that am
m
j  k/
j aj
j − = aj − am 2kπ 2nπ 2kπ n/
m
j  k/
j = aj − am 2kπ (k/
j ) + O(1) 
j

aj − am (1 − O(1/k) . = 2kπ Hence

a
1 am
m

|aj − am |
j

j j − +O 2 .

= 2kπ 2nπ 2kπ k

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If aj = am , then it follows that |ωj,k − ωm,n | ≥

cα c
c
α − ≥ kα k2 kα

for every 1 < α < 2. Of course, for greater values of α the final estimate still holds, because then k α grows even faster. If aj = am , then we have simply |ωj,k − ωm,n | ≥

 1 1 c |aj − am |
j −O 2 −O α ≥ . 2kπ k k k

Proof of Proposition 10.1. Using the representation (10.6) of the solutions and using the relations ωj,k k, the estimates (10.3) can be rewritten in the following equivalent form: N ∞

 k 2s |bj,k |2 + |bj,−k |2

j=1 k=1

 N ∞

2

µj,k bj,k eiωj,k t + µj,k bj,−k e−iωj,k t dt. ≤ cs,I I j=1 k=1

Let us rearrange the exponents ±ωj,k into an increasing sequence λn . Excluding a set of zero measure of the N -tuples (
1 , . . . ,
N ), we may assume that λn = λk whenever n = k. Denoting the corresponding coefficients µj,k bj,±k by bn for brevity and using the relations µj,k k, we have to establish the following estimate: ∞

|λn |2s−2 |bn |2 ≤ cs,I

 ∞

2

bn eiλn t dt.

(10.9)

I n=−∞

n=−∞

It follows from the structure of the exponents λn that N  r
j j=1

for all r > 0, whence

π



+

− 1 ≤ n (r) ≤

N  r
j j=1

π

+1

D+ = (
1 + · · · +
N )/π.

Now, given a bounded interval I of length > 2(
1 + · · · +
N ) = 2πD+ , choose γ, M as in Proposition 9.3 (p. 175) and then choose γ
such that N γ
< π/
j for all j. Then no chain of close exponents is longer than N ; i.e., Aj = ∅ for all j > N . Introducing the functions en (t) as in Theorem 9.4 (p. 177), we have the estimates  ∞ ∞

2

an en (t) dt |an |2 . (10.10)

I n=−∞

n=−∞

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If m ∈ Aj for some j = 1, . . . , N , then rewriting the sums according to the equation m+j−1 m+j−1 bn eiλn t = an en (t), n=m

n=m

we obtain from the structure of the divided differences the inequality m+j−1

|bn |2 · min{|λp − λq | : m ≤ p < q < m + j}2N −2 ≤ C

n=m

m+j−1

|an |2

n=m

with a constant C independent of the choice of m. Furthermore, applying Lemma 10.3, we have min{|λp −λq | : m ≤ p < q < m+j}2N −2 ≥ Cα max{|λn | : m ≤ n < m+j}β for every β < 2 − 2N . Therefore, we deduce from the last inequality that m+j−1

|λn |β |bn |2 ≤ Cβ

n=m

m+j−1

|an |2

n=m

for all β < 2 − 2N , and then ∞

|λn |β |bn |2 ≤ Cβ

n=−∞

∞

|an |2 .

(10.11)

n=−∞

We combine (10.10) and (10.11) and observe that the condition 2s−2 < 2−2N is equivalent to s < 2 − N . The estimate (10.9) follows.

10.2 The Hausdorff Dimension of the Set of Exceptional Parameters In Proposition 10.1 of the preceding chapter we excluded an exceptional set of zero Lebesgue measure of the N -tuples (
1 , . . . ,
N ). We show in this section that this set is in fact large in the sense that its Hausdorff dimension is maximal. Let us first recall the definition of the Hausdorff dimension; we refer, e.g., to Falconer [33] for proofs. Given a set F ⊂ RN and positive numbers s and ε, set µsε (F ) := inf (diam B)s , B

B∈B

where B runs over all countable covers of F by sets of diameter ≤ ε. It follows from the definition of the infimum that µsε (F ) can only increase as ε → 0, so that we may also define

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µs (F ) := lim µsε (F ) = sup µsε (F ). ε→0

ε>0

It is called the s-dimensional Hausdorff outer measure of F . Next one can prove that there exists a critical value 0 ≤ s0 ≤ ∞, called the Hausdorff dimension of F , such that µs (F ) = ∞ for all s < s0 and µs (F ) = 0

for all s > s0 .

Examples. • •

Every nonempty open subset of RN is N -dimensional. The Hausdorff dimension of the triadic Cantor set is equal to ln 2/ ln 3 ≈ 0.63.

For every fixed ε > 0, let us denote by Qε the set of real numbers a for which there exists a sequence p1 < p2 < · · · of positive integers sayisfying the asymptotic relations 

, k → ∞. dist (pk a, Z) = o p−1−ε k It follows from Proposition 10.2 that Qε has zero Lebesgue measure for every ε > 0. But its Hausdorff dimension is positive: more precisely, we have the following easy consequence of a classical result due to Jarn´ık [58] (see also Theorem 8.16 in [33]): Proposition 10.4. The Hausdorff dimension of Qε is equal to 2/(2 + ε). Returning to our problem, for simplicity we restrict ourselves to the case N = 2 with a1 = a2 = 0. Using Proposition 10.4 we are going to establish the following result: Proposition 10.5. Consider the system (10.1) with N = 2 and a1 = a2 = 0, and fix an arbitrary interval I. For each ε > 0, the pairs (
1 ,
2 ) ∈ (0, ∞)2 for which the estimate 2 j=1

uj0 2−ε + uj1 2−ε−1 ≤ cε,I



|u1,x (0, t) + u2,x (0, t)|2 dt

(10.12)

I

holds for all solutions of (10.1) form a set of Hausdorff dimension at least equal to ε 2− . 2+ε

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Proof. It suffices to show that if a :=
1 /(
1 +
2 ) ∈ Qε , then the estimate (10.12) does not hold for all solutions of (10.1). Indeed, since the map x , x → 1−x which transforms
1 /(
1 +
2 ) into
1 /
2 , does not diminish the distances, it follows that the set of the corresponding fractions
1 /
2 has Hausdorff dimension at least equal to 2/(2 + ε). Then an elementary argument shows that the corresponding pairs (
1 ,
2 ) form a set of Hausdorff dimension ε ≥2− . 2+ε If a ∈ Qε , then there exists a sequence of positive integers pk , tending to infinity, such that 

dist (pk a, Z) = o p−1−ε , k → ∞. k Choose positive integers nk such that



|pk a − nk | = o p−1−ε ; k

then setting mk := pk − nk , we have

 |mk a − nk (1 − a)| = o p−1−ε k

and mk n k p k as k → ∞, so that

m



 nk

k = o m−1−ε . −

= o n−1−ε

k k
2
1

Now for each fixed k, the formulae u1 (t, x) = eink πt/1 sin(nk πx/
1 ), u2 (t, x) = −eimk πt/2 sin(mk πx/
2 ), define a solution of (10.1), whose initial data satisfy the estimate 2 uj0 2−ε + uj1 2−ε−1 n−2ε k .

(10.13)

j=1

Furthermore, we have nk π ink πt/1 mk π imk πt/2 e − e

2  n1 mk mk π  ink πt/1 k πeink πt/1 + e = − − eimk πt/2
1
2
2 n

−1−ε  mk k + mk O − = o nk
1
2

−ε  = o nk .

u1,x (t, 0) + u2,x (t, 0) =

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Hence for every bounded interval I we have the estimate  

. |u1,x (t, 0) + u2,x (t, 0)|2 dt = o n−2ε k

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(10.14)

I

Comparing (10.13) and (10.14), we conclude that (10.12) does not hold. Remark. It follows from the proposition that the set of pairs (
1 ,
2 ) for which the estimate (10.12) fails for some ε > 0 has full Hausdorff dimension 2.

10.3 Simultaneous Observability of a System of Beams In this section we investigate a similar problem as in Section 10.1, but for beams instead of strings. Given a positive integer N ≥ 2 and positive numbers
1 ,. . . ,
N , we consider the solutions of the following uncoupled system: ⎧ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪uj,tt + uj,xxxx = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨uj (t, 0) = uj (t,
j ) = 0 uj,xx (t, 0) = uj,xx (t,
j ) = 0 ⎪ ⎪ ⎪uj (0, x) = uj0 (x) and uj,t (0, x) = uj1 (x) ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎩j = 1, . . . , N.

in for for for

R × (0,
j ), t ∈ R, t ∈ R, x ∈ (0,
j ),

(10.15)

We investigate again the nature of the linear map (u10 , . . . , uN 0 , u11 , . . . , uN 1 ) →

N

uj,x (·, 0).

(10.16)

j=1

This problem was first studied in [7] in the special case N = 2, without using the main Theorem 9.4 of the preceding chapter. The following more general result and its proof are due to Sikolya [125]. It follows from Propositions 5.3 and 5.4 (p. 85) that the system (10.15) is well-posed for uj0 ∈ H01 (0,
j ) and uj1 ∈ H −1 (0,
j ),

j = 1, . . . , N,

and that formula (10.16) defines a continuous linear map of N  j=1

N  H01 (0,
j ) × H −1 (0,
j ) j=1

into L2loc (R). More precisely, introducing the Hilbert spaces Ds as in Section 3.2 (p. 42), we have

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 N N 

2

uj0 21 + uj1 2−1 . uj,x (t, 0) dt ≤ cI

I j=1

j=1

We are going to establish the following weakened converse of this inequality: Proposition 10.6. For almost all choices of (
1 , . . . ,
N ) ∈ (0, ∞)N , the solutions of (10.15) satisfy the estimates N 

 uj0 2s + uj1 2s−2 ≤ cs,I

N



2

uj,x (t, 0) dt

(10.17)

I j=1

j=1

on every interval I and for every s < 1. Remark. The necessity of a condition on the lengths of the beams is shown by the following example for N = 2: if
1 /
2 = p/q is a rational number, then the map (10.16) is not one-to-one for any interval I. Indeed, the formulae 2

u1 (t, x) = eip

u2 (t, x) = −e

π 2 t/21

sin(pπx/
1 ),

iq2 π 2 t/22

sin(qπx/
2 ),

define a nonzero solution of (10.15) for which the right-hand side of (10.16) vanishes on R. We recall from the proof of Propositions 5.3 and 5.4 that with µj,k := kπ/
j

and ωj,k := µ2j,k

for brevity, the solutions of (10.15) are given, apart from a set of N -tuples (
1 , . . . ,
N ) of measure zero, by the formulae uj (t, x) =

∞

(bj,k eiωj,k t + bj,−k e−iωj,k t ) sin µj,k x

(10.18)

k=1

with suitable complex coefficients bj,k and bj,−k . We need the following auxiliary result for the proof of Proposition 10.6, where we use the set Q introduced in Proposition 10.2 (p. 201). Lemma 10.7. Assume that
j /
m ∈ /Q

for all

j = m.

(10.19)

Then there exists a number γ > 0 such that if 0 < |ωj,k − ωm,n | ≤ γ,

(10.20)

then j = m and |ωj,k − ωm,n | ≥

cβ |ωj,k

|β

and

|ωj,k − ωm,n | ≥

cβ |ωm,n |β

for every β > 0, with a constant cβ independent of the particular choice of ωj,k and ωm,n .

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Proof. We have

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ωj,k = µ2j,k := k 2 π 2 /
2j ,

so that with γ < minj π 2 /
2j , the condition (10.20) implies that j = m. Note that this condition also implies the asymptotic relations |ωj,k | |ωm,n | k 2 n2 .

(10.21)

Furthermore, applying Proposition 10.2, it follows from (10.20) and (10.21) that

kπ nπ



kπ nπ

− + |ωj,k − ωm,n | =

·


j
m
j
m

|k(
m /
j ) − n| · k cα k ≥ α k for every α > 1, and the lemma follows with β := α − 1. Proof of Proposition 10.6. Using the representation (10.18) of the solutions and using the relations µj,k k, the estimates (10.17) can be rewritten in the following equivalent form: N ∞

 k 2s |bj,k |2 + |bj,−k |2

j=1 k=1

≤ cs,I

 N ∞

2

µj,k bj,k eiωj,k t + µj,k bj,−k e−iωj,k t dt.

I j=1 k=1

Let us rearrange the exponents ±ωj,k into an increasing sequence (λn ). Excluding a set of zero measure of the N -tuples (
1 , . . . ,
N ), we may assume that λn = λk whenever n = k. Denoting the corresponding coefficients µj,k bj,±k by bn for brevity and using the relations µj,k k, we have to establish the following estimate:  ∞ ∞

2

|λn |s−1 |bn |2 ≤ cs,I bn eiλn t dt. (10.22) I n=−∞

n=−∞

It follows from the structure of the exponents λn that an interval of length r contains at most 2
j r/2/π elements of the the family (±ωj,k ), k = 1, 2, . . . , the best choice for the interval being [−r/2, r/2]. Hence n+ (r) ≤

N 2 j=1

for all r > 0, whence

 r/2
j π

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n+ (r) = 0. r→∞ r Now, given an interval I, choose γ, M as in Proposition 9.3 (p. 175) and then choose γ
such that N γ
< π/
j for all j. Then no chain of close exponents is longer than N ; i.e., Aj = ∅ for all j > N . Introducing the functions en (t) as in Theorem 9.4 (p. 177), we have the estimates D+ = lim

 ∞ ∞

2

an en (t) dt |an |2 .

I n=−∞

(10.23)

n=−∞

If m ∈ Aj for some j = 1, . . . , N , then rewriting the sums according to the equation m+j−1 m+j−1 bn eiλn t = an en (t), n=m

n=m

we obtain from the structure of the divided differences the inequality m+j−1

2

|bn | · min{|λp − λq | : m ≤ p < q < m + j}

2N −2

n=m

≤C

m+j−1

|an |2

n=m

with a constant C independent of the choice of m. Furthermore, applying Lemma 10.7, we have min{|λp −λq | : m ≤ p < q < m+j}2N −2 ≥ Cα max{|λn | : m ≤ n < m+j}−β for every β > 0. Therefore, we deduce from the last inequality that m+j−1

|λn |−β |bn |2 ≤ Cβ

n=m

and then

∞ n=−∞

m+j−1

|an |2 ,

n=m

|λn |−β |bn |2 ≤ Cβ

∞

|an |2

(10.24)

n=−∞

for all β > 0. Now (10.23) and (10.24) imply (10.22) for every s < 1. Remark. The above proof can be adapted to a more general situation in which the system contains both strings and beams; see Sikolya [125].

10.4 Observability of Spherical Shells The study of observability of different shell models is relatively recent; see, e.g., [39], [40], [41], [42]. In this section we present, following [102], optimal results for spherical shells with a central hole.

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By the Love–Koiter linear shell theory ([105], [130]) we can formulate the mathematical model of a spherical cup of opening angle 0 < θ0 < π with a hole of opening angle 0 < θ1 < θ0 . In the case θ0 = π2 , a similar analysis can be done also in the absence of a hole; see [99]. We consider only axially symmetric deformations. Then the meridional and radial displacements u(t, θ) and w(t, θ) of a point P , belonging to the middle surface of the shell, satisfy in (θ1 , θ0 ) × R the following coupled system of partial differential equations:  dutt − L(u) + (1 + ν)w
− eL(u + w
) = 0, (10.25) 1+ν e



dwtt − sin θ (u sin θ) + sin θ [L(u + w ) sin θ ] + 2(1 + ν)w = 0, where
and the subscript t stand for the derivatives with respect to θ and t, L(v) := v

+ v
cot θ − (ν + cot2 θ)v, and d, c, ν are given constants. More precisely, denoting by R and h the radius and the half-thickness of the middle surface, by λ and η the Lam´e constants, by d0 the density and by E the Young modulus, we have c=

h2 , 3R2

ν=

λ , λ + 2η

and d =

d0 E 2 R . 1 − ν2

Note that −1 < ν < 1/2 and c, d > 0. According to the Hilbert uniqueness method, the exact controllability of this system holds in suitable function spaces, provided a special uniqueness property is satisfied. This was explained for the present context in [41], so that in this section we study only the required uniqueness of the solutions of (10.25) completed by the following boundary and initial conditions: ⎧ ⎪ ⎨u(t, θ0 ) = u(t, θ1 ) = 0, t ∈ R, w
(t, θ0 ) = w
(t, θ1 ) = 0, ⎪ ⎩

L(u + w )(t, θ0 ) = L(u + w )(t, θ1 ) = 0,  u(0, θ) = u0 , ut (0, θ) = u1 , θ1 < θ < θ0 . w(0, θ) = w0 , wt (0, θ) = w1 ,

(10.26)

(10.27)

It follows from more general results established in [42] that the problem (10.25)–(10.27) is well-posed in the Hilbert space V × H defined by V := H01 (θ1 , θ0 ) × (H 2 ∩ H01 )(θ1 , θ0 ) and

H := L2 (θ1 , θ0 ) × L2 (θ1 , θ0 ).

In [42] more complex spaces are used, but under the present assumption θ1 > 0 they are equivalent to the above ones. Our main result is the following:

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Theorem 10.8. For all but countably many exceptional values of c, the following uniqueness property holds. If a solution of (10.25)–(10.27) satisfies w(t, θ0 ) = 0, 0 < t < T, √ for some T > 2 d(θ0 − θ1 ), then in fact v = (u, w) vanishes identically in (θ1 , θ0 ) × R. Remark. The same conclusion was obtained in [39] for the particular case of the half-sphere (θ0 = π/2, θ1 = 0), for some very particular choices of the parameters. The proof had two important ingredients: • •

By the particular choice of the angles, the eigenfunctions of the infinitesimal generator A of the corresponding semigroup have an explicit representation by Legendre polynomials. By the choice of the parameters, the spectrum of A satisfies a crucial gap condition, enabling one to apply Ingham’s Theorem 4.3.

In order to treat the present general case, we have to modify substantially our approach: •

•

Without determining explicitly the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of A, we can establish the existence of a Riesz basis of V × H, formed by eigenfunctions of A, and we can obtain sufficiently precise information on the distribution of the corresponding eigenvalues by applying the spectral theory of ordinary differential operators as described by Titchmarsh in [131]. Study of the eigenvalues shows that the gap condition needed for the application of Ingham’s theorem is not satisfied in general. However, a weaker gap condition still holds, and this is still sufficient for our purposes because we may apply Theorem 9.4 (p. 177).

Let us clarify the structure of the solutions of (10.25)–(10.27). We refer to [123] for a study of the spectrum in the general case. In the present particular case, following [130], it is useful to introduce a primitive s of u with respect to θ and to use the differential operator D(s) = s

+ s
cot θ + 2s. Then, setting also k := (1 + c)(1 + ν) for brevity, (10.25) can be rewritten in a more convenient form: 

 dstt = D(s) + cD − k (s + w),

 dwtt = (1 + ν)D(s) − cD2 − c(3 + ν)D + 2k (s + w). Consider the following eigenvalue problem:  −D(fj ) = αj fj in (θ1 , θ0 ), fj
(θ0 ) = fj
(θ1 ) = 0.

(10.28)

(10.29)

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As a consequence of our assumption 0 < θ1 < θ0 < π, the coefficients of D are continuous on the compact interval [θ1 , θ0 ]. (The assumption on the existence of a hole is crucial here.) We may therefore apply the spectral theory as developed in the first chapter of Titchmarsh’s book [131]. Thus there exists a Riesz basis f0 , f1 , . . . of L2 (θ1 , θ0 ), formed by eigenfunctions of the problem (10.29). Furthermore, the following asymptotic relations are satisfied as j → ∞: 1 jπ √ , (10.30) αj = +O θ0 − θ1 j   jπθ 1 2 fj = . cos +O θ0 − θ1 θ0 − θ1 j Rewriting (10.28) in the operational form dvtt = Av,

v = (s, w),

and using these eigenfunctions, we can find a Riesz basis of V × H, formed by eigenfunctions of the form (ωj fj , fj ) of A. Indeed, the equation A(ωj fj , fj ) = λj (ωj fj , fj ) leads to the algebraic system    cαj + k (1 + c)αj + k + λj ωj = 0. cα2j + c(3 + ν)αj + (1 + ν)αj + 2k cα2j + c(3 + ν)αj + 2k + λj 1 Proceeding as, e.g., in [76], we have two solutions: λ± j =

  1

−Bj ± Bj2 − 4Cj 2

with Bj = cα2j + [(1 + c) + c(3 + ν)]αj + 3(1 + c)(1 + ν), Cj = cα3j + 2cα2j + (1 + c)(1 − ν 2 )αj , and ωj± =

cαj + (1 + c)(1 + ν) . λ± + (1 + c)αj + (1 + c)(1 + ν) j

± Moreover, we may assume that the numbers λ± 0 , λ1 ,. . . are distinct and different from zero (this holds for all but countably many exceptional values of c). Since αj → ∞, one obtains easily the asymptotic relations

λ+ j ∼ −αj , and hence

2 λ− j ∼ −cαj ,

(10.31)

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ωj+ ∼ 1,

ωj− ∼ −1/αj .

Applying Proposition 2.1 from [77], we conclude that the vectors (ωj± fj , fj ),

j = 0, 1, . . . ,

form a Riesz basis in H and that the solutions of (10.26)–(10.28) (with u = s
) are given by the series (s, w)(t) =



aj e

q λ+ j /dt

j

+

+ bj e



−

cj e

q λ+ j /dt

(ωj+ fj , fj )

q λ− j /dt

+ dj e

−

q λ− j /dt

(ωj− fj , fj ) (10.32)

j

with suitable complex coefficients aj , bj , cj , and dj , depending on the initial data. Now turning to the proof of the uniqueness theorem, we begin by formulating a special case of Theorem 9.4 (p. 177). Let (λn )∞ n=−∞ be a strictly increasing sequence of real numbers. Assume that there exists a number γ
> 0 such that λn+2 − λn ≥ 2γ
for all n. Set A1 := {n ∈ Z : λn − λn−1 ≥ γ
and λn+1 − λn ≥ γ
}, A2 := {n ∈ Z : λn − λn−1 ≥ γ
and λn+1 − λn < γ
}, and consider the sums of the form f (t) =



bn eiλn t

(10.33)

n

with complex coefficients bn . We consider only “finite” sums; i.e., we assume that only finitely many coefficients are different from zero. Put ) (

 2 2 2 2 2 E(f ) := |bn | + |bn + bn+1 | + (λn+1 − λn ) |bn | + |bn+1 | n∈A1

n∈A2

for brevity. Furthermore, set n+ (r) , r→∞ r

D+ := lim

where n+ (r) denotes the largest number of terms of the sequence (λn ) contained in an interval of length r. The following result is a special case of Theorem 9.4 (p. 177).

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Theorem 10.9. For every bounded interval I of length |I| > 2πD+ we have  |f (t)|2 dt E(f ) (10.34) I

for all functions f of the form (10.33). Remarks. •

By a standard density argument, the estimates (10.34) also remain valid for all infinite sums such that E(f ) < ∞. • Using Theorem 6.2 (p. 93), the above theorem remains valid if there is also a finite number of nonreal exponents λn . √ Now we are ready to prove Theorem 10.8. Let T > 2 d(θ0 − θ1 ) and assume that w(θ0 , t) = 0 for all 0 < t < T . Then, using the representation (10.32) we have

aj fj (θ0 )e

q λ+ j /dt

+ bj fj (θ0 )e

−

q λ+ j /dt

j

+ cj fj (θ0 )e

q λ− j /dt

+ dj fj (θ0 )e

−

q λ− j /dt

=0

for all 0 < t < T .  Let us arrange the numbers ± λ± j into a new strictly increasing sequence (λn ), and let us apply Theorem 10.9 and the above remarks. As√a consequence of the asymptotic relations (10.30) and (10.31) we have D+ = d(θ0 − θ1 )/π. Since T > 2πD+ , we conclude that aj fj (θ0 ) = bj fj (θ0 ) = cj fj (θ0 ) = dj fj (θ0 ) = 0 for all j. Since the variational problem (10.29) is regular, none of the numbers fj (θ0 ) is equal to zero. Hence all coefficients aj , bj , cj , and dj vanish. Using again the representation (10.32) we conclude that the solution (s, w) and then also (u, w) vanish identically. Remark. There exist effectively exceptional values of the parameters c. Indeed, one can find by direct computation two different indices j < k and − values c, ν such that λ+ j = λk . Denote this common value by λ. The formula √ (s, w)(t) = e

λ/dt

 fk (θ0 )(ωj+ fj , fj ) − fj (θ0 )(ωk− fk , fk )

defines a nontrivial solution of (10.25)–(10.27) for which w(θ0 , t) = 0 for all real t.

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Index

admissibility inequality, 13 d’Alembert’s formula, 81 beam guided, 83 hinged, 85 mixed boundary conditions, 87 Bessel functions, 132 Beurling’s theorem, 174 biorthogonal sequences, 186 control, 14 control function, 19 controllability, 14 controllable state, 29 coupled system, 53 direct inequality, 13 Dirichlet series, 194 dual problem, 14 eigenfunctions of the Laplacian operator, 129 Fourier series, 1 Fourier transform, 62 Hausdorff dimension, 204 hidden regularity, 16, 18 Hilbert uniqueness method of J.-L. Lions, 9 Ingham’s theorem, 59 for vector-valued functions, 90

in several dimensions, 153 with a weakened gap condition, 161, 177 without a gap condition, 149 inhomogeneous problem, 13 internal observability of Petrovsky systems, 166 inverse Fourier transform, 63 inverse inequality, 18 Laplacian, 11 method of duality, 13 of transposition, 13 observability, 13 and controllability, 18 and stabilizability, 23 inequality, 19 of a beam, 5 of a Coupled System, 107 of a Petrovsky system, 143 of a Petrovsky system by the multiplier method, 118 of a string, 1 of a string–beam system, 105 of spherical membranes, 145, 147 of spherical plates, 145 of spherical shells, 210 of strings, 57 of strings with fixed endpoints, 77 of strings with free endpoints, 75 of strings with mixed boundary conditions, 79, 103

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of the wave equation, 127 of the wave equation by the multiplier method, 114 partial controllability, 27 observability, 27 stabilization, 27 Petrovsky system, 16, 22 guided boundary conditions, 50 hinged boundary conditions, 12, 26, 48 mixed boundary conditions, 52 Riesz basis, 35 semigroup, 20 simultaneous observability of a system of beams, 207 of a system of strings, 199

skew-adjoint, 10 string fixed endpoints, 72 free endpoints, 57, 66 mixed boundary condition, 74 strongly continuous group, 10 upper density of P´ olya, 174 variation of constants, 10 wave equation Dirichlet boundary condition, 10, 15, 38 Dirichlet control, 21 Dirichlet feedback, 25 mixed boundary condition, 45 Neumann boundary condition, 42 weak solution, 13